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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 |
| 8/1/1957 | M. K. Vellodi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 04-06-1958. |
| 8/4/1933 | Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order. |
| 12/8/1998 | An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award. |
| 7/4/1760 | Meeran, Mir Jaffer's son, accidently died on the banks of Ganga near Patna due to lightning. |
| 1/23/1961 | Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films. |
| 8/19/1927 | Ananta Narsinha Naik, social reformer and politician, was born at Bandora, Goa. |
| 2/12/1996 | President S.D. Sharma in Kerala. |
| 8/15/1955 | Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa. |
| 12/15/1976 | Baichung Bhutia, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Gangtok, Sikkim. |
| 12/4/1993 | Bahadur Prasad wins the second gold medal in 5000 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila. |
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