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Historical Event on 5/16/1999
Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/12/1954 | Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979), was born in Madras. |
| 12/3/1884 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, was born in Jeradei village of Bihar. |
| 9/29/1999 | Jaswant Singh, External Affairs Minister, meet his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz meet at the SAARC ministerial meeting. |
| 2/17/1991 | Krishnabai Mote, famous author and social worker, passed away. |
| 1/20/1972 | Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory. |
| 6/29/1757 | Mir Zafar was installed on the throne as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orrisa from Murshidabad. |
| 7/25/1955 | Indian Government declared in Lok Sabha that Portuguese's were asked to close their offices in New Delhi. |
| 8/29/1993 | Tamil refugees leave Madras for Sri Lanka apparently on their own free will. |
| 10/29/1958 | Dhondo Keshav Karve, first social and educational reformer of Maharashtra, honoured by Bharat Ratna Award. |
| 6/11/1932 | Minu Modi, famous industrialist, was born. |
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