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Historical Event on 7/5/1996
Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1947 | At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect. |
| 3/16/1993 | Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people. |
| 3/1/1917 | Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan. |
| 1/24/1976 | Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries. |
| 9/8/1910 | Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died. |
| 11/21/1963 | First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme. |
| 1/25/1880 | Brahmo Samaj of modernisation and fraternity amongst religions Nababidhan Keshab Chandra Sen introduced. |
| 7/21/1977 | Bhudevchandra Basu, famous animal expert, passed away. |
| 10/30/1996 | ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate. |
| 11/19/1991 | Kashinath Anant (Rambhau Joshi), famous editor, passed away. |
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