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Historical Event on 5/16/1999

Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/9/1996A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial.
3/25/1996CBI gives a clean chit to PM Rao in the St. Kitts case.
1/1/1965This year was announced to be observed as the ""Year of International Co-operation"".
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.
8/3/1967Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died.
2/18/1911Under the auspices of the British Army, French pilot Henry Pequet makes the first official airmail flight from Allahabad to Naini Junction.
5/21/1975The 26-mile feeder canal from Farakka to the Bhagirathi river dedicated to the nation.
11/27/1998India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final.
2/21/1998Romesh Bhandari, U.P. Governor, dismisses the Kalyan Singh Government and inducts an 18-member ministry headed by Jagadambika Pal of the Loktantrik Congress Party. BJP moves the Allahabad High Court. BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, A. B. Vajpayee, goes on a ""fast-unto-death"".
7/27/1947Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege.