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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
7/20/1829Jankibai passed away in jail.
9/10/1999Sonia Gandhi files her nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.
9/30/1908Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi novelist, was born.
12/11/1926Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding
8/16/1997Krishan Kant, Andhra Pradesh's Governor, elected as the Vice President of India.
1/4/1937R. Surendranath, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s), was born in Meerut.
9/21/1992The Officers Training School (OTS) women were inducted into the Army as Officers, and the onerous task of training the Lady Cadets of WSES (O) courses commenced at the OTS.
1/27/1995Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port.
5/3/1718Baba Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, great freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Ahlu village, Lahore.
7/21/1911Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat.