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Historical Event on 12/5/1991

56 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/2/190850 years after the start of direct rule, Edward VII talks of 'prudently extending' democracy.
10/17/1994Seshan's controversial biography ''DMK'' obtains stay.
4/10/1999Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (87), patriarch of Malayalam fiction, died at his ancestral village at Sankaramangalam in Thakazhi village.
12/11/1881Subramania Bharati was born at Ettaiyapuram.
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
11/28/1999Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.
7/5/1993Air Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul appointed Chief of Air Staff.
1/31/1963Peacock declared as National Bird of India.
10/17/1994Kapil Dev's last one-day international vs West Indies.
9/30/1999Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature.