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Historical Event on 5/16/1999
Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/7/1867 | Madam Marie Sklodowska, great scientist, professor and Nobel Prize awardee, was born in Poland. |
3/29/1999 | A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured. |
1/10/1980 | President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government. |
6/30/1992 | Over 20 Indian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia due to heatwave and inadequate medical attention. |
5/9/1995 | Abha Gandhi, servant to Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. He was 68 years. |
2/2/1993 | Prices of iron and steel hiked. |
11/20/1955 | Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ. |
1/8/1908 | Mary Nadia Wadia (Fearless Nadia), great actress, was born. |
4/18/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, constitutes a Group of Ministers to review the national security system in its entirety in the light of the recommendations of the Kargil review committee. |
11/7/2000 | The BJP firebrand Uma Bharti makes a triumphant return to the Union Ministry as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Arun Jaitley gets elevated as Cabinet Minister in a mini expansion. Maj.Gen. (Retd) B. C. Khanduri takes oath as Minister of State for Transport and Highways. |
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