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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
10/3/1999India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.
11/5/1945Case was filed against the Azad Hind Army Soldiers at Red Fort in Delhi.
3/11/1881Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore.
8/4/1979Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay.
6/3/1995Mayavati (BSP) becomes the new CM of UP with the outside support of BJP.
4/30/1896Maa Anandamayee (1896-1982), God-intoxicated yogini and mystic Bengali saint, was born at Kheora. Her spirit lives on in devotees.
10/16/1999Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'
7/1/1982MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children.
2/16/1932Sibnath Banerjee, trade union movement leader, passed away. He founded several organisation like Congress Socialist Party, A.I.T.U.C. and Hind Mazdoor Sabha, etc.
10/2/1999Home Minister L. K. Advani said that the BJP was ready to provide letters of support.