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Historical Event on 7/5/1997
Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/5/1990 | Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990. |
| 5/4/1799 | Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam. |
| 12/17/1905 | Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 2/9/1951 | The first census of free India of enumeration work was started. |
| 6/22/1995 | India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration. |
| 12/29/1909 | Congress at Lahore adopts resolution praising Indians' struggle in South Africa and urged ban on indenture. |
| 4/5/1979 | First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay. |
| 10/22/1908 | John Sutton, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly), was born in Rawalpindi, India. |
| 9/25/1947 | Kashmir accedes to Indian Union. |
| 4/9/1965 | After Indo-Pak conflict of 1965, the Raksha Medal, Samar Seva Star and some others were introduced. |
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