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Historical Event on 5/22/1991
Sonia unanimously elected Congress President by the Working Committee. She, however, declined the offer.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/25/1997 | Election Commission de-recognises Janata Party and Congress (Tiwari) as national parties and de-recognises Pattali Makkal Katchi in Tamil Nadu, J & K Panthers Party and J & K People's Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Congress (Socialist) in Kerala and Manipur and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu. Pattali Makkal Katchi will continue to be recognised as State party in Pondicherry. |
| 7/21/1906 | W.C. Bonerjee, first President of Indian National Congress, passed away. |
| 6/20/1939 | Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer - pace bowler for India in the 60s, was born in Bombay |
| 10/1/1990 | Constitution's 75th amendment bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months fails through the first stage in Lok Sabha for want of a simple majority. |
| 4/3/1991 | UP Assembly dissolved to pave way for Assembly polls . |
| 1/20/1957 | South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports. |
| 9/25/1962 | Rajiv Ramesh Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87), was born in Bombay. |
| 2/24/1950 | G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, was born. |
| 10/24/1994 | The Supreme Court refused to answer Presidential reference on Ayodhya and acquisition of disputed land was upheld. |
| 7/3/1941 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal), was born. |
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