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Historical Event on 5/29/1991
P.V. Narasimha Rao elected President of Congress (I).
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/2/1861 | Parafulla Chandra Ray, chemical expert and great patriot, was born in the village of Raruli-Katipara IN Jessore district. |
10/17/1979 | Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
2/4/1993 | D. C. Kothari, famous scientist and educationalist, passed away. |
1/1/1988 | The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA. |
6/8/1906 | Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder. |
1/10/1616 | Sir Thomas Row, first English Ambassador, submitted his identification to Emperor Jahangir at Ajmer. |
9/29/2000 | A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt. |
3/9/1966 | India yields to Sikh demand for Punjab-speaking state. |
10/6/1999 | Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes. |
6/14/1997 | Rajya Sabha chairman recognises split in AIADMK parliamentary party and designates Jayalalitha-led AIADMK as AIADMK(I) and Thirunavukkarasu group as AIADMK(II). |
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