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Historical Event on 5/16/1999

Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/19/1999The banned Maoist Communist Centre kills 34 Bhumihars at Senari village in Jehanabad district in Bihar.
2/25/1903Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
12/16/2000Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International.
6/4/1972First Environment Day.
10/12/1935Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, was born
1/27/1972V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away.
2/26/1996Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM.
10/29/1851British Indian Association was established in Bengal with Radha Kanta Dev as president and Devendranath Tagore as the Secretary.
11/25/1948National Cadet Corps was first established.
12/31/196199 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie).