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Historical Event on 5/22/1996

United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1987Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union.
4/6/1664Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.
3/31/1997Lakhubhai Pathak, prominent NRI businessman who had accused Narasimha Rao of cheating $ 100,000, died in London.
9/14/1820Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning.
9/9/1997Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master.
7/25/1987Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President.
6/13/1940Revolutionary leader Udham Singh was hanged for charges of assassinating Micheal Odair, who was the Governor General of Punjab at the time of Jalianwala Baug massacre.
3/20/1921Dr. P. C. Alexander, Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
6/28/1986Accord with Mizo National Front; Lal Denga to be the chief minister of Mizoram.
9/28/1964The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border.