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Historical Event on 5/22/1996

United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1991India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota.
8/7/1991Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor.
4/24/1942Shri Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor, passed away at the age of 41.
8/6/1920'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released.
1/26/1992Bharat Bhushan, the legendary romantic film hero of the 1950's, passed away at the age of 71 years.
6/2/1965The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).
6/20/1992Carnatic musician Maharajapuram Santhanam died in a car accident in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu.
7/1/1941C. Y. Chintamani died.
1/9/1972In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production.
4/21/1913Preview show of 'Raja Harishchandra' was held on April 21 at Olympia Cinema.