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Historical Event on 5/7/1996

Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/1995K. Karunakaran elected to Rajya Sabha.
2/19/1895Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59.
1/1/1918Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
8/19/1993Y. D. Lokurkar, senior journalist, died.
9/18/1972India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.
10/2/1999Home Minister L. K. Advani said that the BJP was ready to provide letters of support.
7/12/1999India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes.
3/1/1955Pakistan vs India five Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw.