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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
1/4/1995IAF batch (Angel of Mercy) returns from Somalia after 16 months of stay and 700 sorties.
1/15/1956Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away.
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
3/29/1977S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).
1/2/1973General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall.
8/10/1993Election Commission withdrew controversial order. By-polls to be held before 10.
12/23/1913Gondhavalekar Maharaj, famous saint, died.
1/20/1994Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidheyan' adjudged best Foreign and Indian films in the 25th International Film Festival at Calcutta.
9/6/1903Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.
10/10/1996UP polls throw up a hung assembly.