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Historical Event on 11/5/1996

United Front suffers a setback with one of its constituents, the Madhya Pradesh Vikas party, deciding to walk out and merge with Congress (I).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/16/1996Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership.
8/12/1952Social Welfare Board inaugurated in the Parliament.
3/9/1989Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India.
1/8/1908Gandhiji asks the Government for suspension of Registration Act, offers voluntary registration.
4/1/1987Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution.
2/23/1993Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya).
3/26/1980Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police).
7/25/1970Pillai A. Thanu, former Chief Minister of Kerala, passed away.
1/12/1757Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.
8/20/1998The Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds the conviction of former Punjab DGP K.P.S. Gill for outraging the modesty of an IAS officer Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj.