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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 |
| 4/16/1930 | Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000. |
| 5/27/1999 | IAF loses two fighter aircrafts in the Kargil area. Pakistan claims it has Flight Lieutenant Nachiketa in its custody. |
| 1/25/1994 | Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55. |
| 10/26/1969 | Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay. |
| 5/22/1997 | At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city. |
| 9/8/1991 | Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam. |
| 3/25/1931 | 50 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted. |
| 8/6/1920 | Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon. |
| 1/1/1955 | Shantiswaroop Bhatnagar, famous Indian Chemical Expert, died. |
| 10/12/1976 | Kumarnath Bagchi, famous Indian chemist, died. |
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