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Historical Event on 5/16/1999

Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1966Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.
1/1/1880Money order system was introduced.
1/14/1969Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.
9/9/1997Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master.
10/30/1977One hundred thousand Tamil Hindu tea-pickers, who were expatriated from Sri Lanka, are shipped to Madras, South India.
4/10/1919Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her.
9/18/1615Thomas Roe presented himself at Jahangir's court in Ajmer. He left India on February 17, 1618.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
3/22/1996Golden Temple renamed Harmandir Sahib (its original name meaning 'abode of God').
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.