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Historical Event on 5/16/1999

Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1956Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary.
2/14/16285th Mughal Emperor Shahjahan was crowned.
10/28/1811Yashwantrao Holkar, a diplomat of Peshwa kingdom, died.
2/13/1879Sarojini Naidu ""Nightingale of India"", was born at Hyderabad. She was the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress and took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931.
8/23/1958Marathwada University was started.
1/29/1931Gandhiji sails for England as Congress delegate to Second Round Table Conference. This conference was attended by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Sarojini Naidu.
10/28/1992Karnataka government withdraws order allowing nine private organisations to start capitation fee for engineering colleges.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
11/19/1993Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development awarded to Czech President Vaclav Havel.
10/21/1959Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border.