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Historical Event on 5/22/1991
Sonia unanimously elected Congress President by the Working Committee. She, however, declined the offer.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/31/1926 | Dattatray Balwant Parasnis, who made research in History, passed away. |
| 8/20/1988 | Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed. |
| 5/7/1912 | Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born. |
| 5/16/1975 | Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union. |
| 10/10/1991 | Anantrao Laxmanrao Kulmarni, editor of monthly magzine 'Sajjangad' and weekly 'Samarth', died. |
| 2/18/1997 | Dhaniram Baruah, controversial heart surgeon who claimed to have transplanted a pig's heart into one of his patients, released on bail in Guwahati. |
| 2/11/1959 | Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi). |
| 6/20/1873 | Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta. |
| 7/2/1992 | Six new ministers inducted into the Union Cabinet. |
| 11/25/1998 | Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era. |
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