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Historical Event on 5/10/1996

Congress Chief Ministers of Assam, Haryana & Pondicherry resign.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1947Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi.
4/6/1919Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.
7/28/1924Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south.
3/29/1979Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
5/9/1917Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India.
6/15/1993PM Narasimha Rao visits Oman; India and Oman decide to give each other MFN status.
2/2/1958Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies.
5/17/1998US President Bill Clinton wants India and Pakistan to sign CTBT.
10/17/1915Virendra Kumar Jain, great Hindi writer, was born in Mandsaur.
8/16/1991Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard.