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Historical Event on 5/16/1999
Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/9/1893 | Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi story writer and novelist, was born at Bihar in a middle class family. |
| 1/10/1912 | Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh. |
| 1/1/1956 | No. 20 Squadron, Indian Air Force's first jet squadron equipped with Vampires, was formed and christened 'The Lightnings'. |
| 6/9/1957 | General Election ( 2nd) of India ends. |
| 3/2/1957 | Central Warehouse Corporation established. |
| 10/29/1947 | Mysore's popular ministry sworn in. |
| 1/11/1991 | Ravi Naik of Maharashtra Gomanthak party sworn in as the CM of Goa. |
| 2/25/2000 | Justice M. Srinivasan (63), Supreme Court Judge at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, died after prolonged illness. |
| 9/22/1869 | Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, great scholar of Sanskrit, master, politician, social reformer, President of India and educationist, was born at Valangaiman village, Tamil Nadu. |
| 11/30/1998 | Sonia Gandhi names Ashok Ghelot and Sheila Dixit as Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Delhi respectively. |
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