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Historical Event on 5/16/1999

Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/26/1991Syed Shahabuddin filed nominations for two seats as a candidate of two different parties within 24 hours.
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
4/25/1993Indian Airlines plane hijacker shot dead by commandoes. All 141 persons rescued.
7/27/1947Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege.
12/22/1995A Russian-made AN-26 plane forced to land in Bombay following an Intelligence Bureau tip off that it could be the suspected aircraft which dropped arms at Purulia.
5/12/1906Gandhiji support the ""Home Rule"" for India in the name of ''justice and for good of humanity"".
3/19/1939Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959), was born in Hyderabad.
12/15/1932Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.