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Historical Event on 5/16/1999

Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/2/1756Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah.
8/1/1920Bipin Chandra Pal opposed to the Non Co-operation Movement and retired from politics, but movement was approved by Congress.
9/11/1958India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled.
6/15/1991General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won.
10/19/1983Prof. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar shares the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow American Prof. William Fowler.
4/6/1985Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final.
8/18/1800Fort William College was established at Calcutta.
11/10/1938Mustafa Kemal Ataturk passed away at Istanbul.
11/15/1988Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet.
7/13/1930Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India.