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Historical Event on 5/22/1991

Elections scheduled to be held on 23, 26 deferred to 12, 15 of June.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
5/5/1989Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away.
12/31/1993Manipur placed under President's rule; Bangarappa launches Karnataka Congress Party.
8/9/1997Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.
9/20/1942Kanak Lata Barua, a yound child who tried to host the national flag at Goupur police station in Assam with the help of 500 people, was shot by the police station incharge.
5/26/1957Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.
3/24/1974Lokprabha weekly started its publication.
7/12/1996Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam.
2/4/1994India elected to the executive boards of UNDP, UN Population Fund and UNICEF.
1/12/1757Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.