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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
12/1/1946Australia compiled 645 vs India at Gabba. Bradman made 187 runs.
3/1/1960National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project.
4/17/1996Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains.
2/11/1979Shankarrao Narayanrao Mohite Patil `Sahakari Maharshi' passed away.
12/5/1657Murad proclaimed himself Emperor of India.
12/29/1997Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics.
10/16/1968Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene.
12/21/1999Kushabhau Thakre, BJP president, said that Ayodhya issue was a 'programme' and not an ideology of the party.
1/5/1890Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
4/10/1997Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, announces Rs. 2.5 crore aid to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and Information Technology, Mumbai.