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Historical Event on 9/7/1996

Ajit Singh quits Congress and heads Tikait's party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/26/1949Social Democratic Party led by K. T. Shah formed.
1/12/1990Vimal Kumar and Madhumita Bisht retain National badminton titles.
3/27/1942Gandhiji meets Sir Stafford Cripps in New Delhi; later declares Cripps proposals to be a ""post-dated cheque"".
6/18/1940Forward Block Party was established.
3/30/1908Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born.
5/25/1965Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.
4/14/1991NF promises 5-10\% jobs to economically backward sections among the upper castes.
4/15/1919British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab.
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
3/26/1999Indian Airlines regained the National hockey men's title in Hyderabad.