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Historical Event on 5/16/1999

Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/2000Guru Granth Sahib is a juristic person and can hold property, says the apex court in a judgment of ''far-reaching consequences and great significance''.
9/5/1904Bhalchandra Pandharinath Bahirat, editor and expert of Saint literature, was born.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
5/11/1970A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed.
1/15/1988Narendra Hirwani makes a world record by capturing 16 West Indies wickets on Test debut at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras.
9/20/1999Shobha Subrahmanyam, managing director of the Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group of publications, was elected President of the Indian Newspaper Society for 1999-2000.
6/19/1871Madhavrao Sapre was born.
10/10/1937Anant Bhave, famous Marathi litterateur and news announcer on Doordarshan, was born.
2/26/1996Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM.
7/27/1889Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.