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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 |
| 6/1/1959 | National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director. |
| 5/17/1992 | R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China. |
| 11/11/1888 | Acharya Kripalani, nationalist and member of the Parliament, was born at Hyderabad, Sind. |
| 7/17/1947 | Ramdas Coastal Steamer sank off Bombay claiming 550 lives. |
| 12/4/1997 | World Bank commits to Haryana a loan of $600 millions (about Rs. 2,350 crores) - largest single bank loan to any State. |
| 4/11/1942 | All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi. |
| 2/12/1871 | Charles Freer Andrews, great social worker, humanitarian, leader and a true friend of India, was born in New-Castle-on-Tyne in U.K. |
| 8/5/1604 | John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized. |
| 9/24/1992 | Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one. |
| 9/24/1992 | The first visit of Jesuit Priest of Goa in the Court of Emperor Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri. |
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