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Historical Event on 5/16/1999
Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/20/1921 | The Mopla revolt, one of the important uprisings of India, was started at Kerala. |
| 6/7/1955 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R. |
| 11/16/1992 | Reservation, Supreme Court rejects economic criteria. |
| 4/14/1914 | Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born. |
| 7/31/1914 | Amar Nath Chawla, politician, was born at Taunggri, (Burma). |
| 1/22/1945 | The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma. |
| 3/11/1999 | Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis. |
| 1/17/1997 | Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas. |
| 9/6/1965 | Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab. |
| 8/5/1969 | Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-), was born in Bangalore. |
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