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Historical Event on 5/13/1996
Lok Sabha election results (534 out of 537) announced, giving BJP (161) the position of the largest single party.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/27/1908 | Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born. |
| 11/12/2000 | Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. |
| 10/6/1999 | The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu. |
| 8/14/1947 | Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage. |
| 12/28/1977 | Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died. |
| 4/15/1976 | India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years. |
| 6/4/1947 | Dharmanand Damodar Kosambi, internationally famous Pandit of Buddhism, passed away. |
| 2/4/1628 | Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra. |
| 1/4/1909 | Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born. |
| 1/18/1994 | India hires the law firm McAuliffe, Kelly and Rafaelli for lobbying in Washington. |
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