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Historical Event on 11/1/1996

Three national parties (Indira Congress, Janata Party and Samata Party) to lose their recognition as national parties as they failed to get the minimum required support in the general election to the 11th Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1984Gujarati Daily 'Samkalin' of Indian Express Group published.
5/13/1994Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding award for 1992.
6/7/1997Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles.
9/11/1824Shivling Surge died at Alpayu.
7/5/1984Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore.
4/22/1942The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur.
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
12/12/1908Gaandhiji released from Volksrust Gaol. Indian National Congress adopts resolution on South Africa, criticizing the harsh, humiliating and cruel treatment to British Indians in South Africa as injurious to English Empire.
4/22/1923Babani Sheshagiri Pai, social worker and journalist, was born at Ankola in Karnataka.
12/1/1921Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab.