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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
7/5/1916Archik Venkatesh Gopalkrishna, great poet, journalist and orator, was born at Dharwar, Mysore.
4/11/1992Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award.
7/28/1972India and Pakistan sign Simla Pact, settling border dispute in Kashmir.
1/21/1980Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala.
11/15/1621Jahangir captured Kakda Fort.
11/9/1948Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India.
8/8/1946India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.
12/19/2000The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
6/15/1993PM Narasimha Rao visits Oman; India and Oman decide to give each other MFN status.