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Historical Event on 5/29/1991

P.V. Narasimha Rao elected President of Congress (I).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1895George VI, King of England (1936-52), was born.
6/27/1915Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, 3 test matches, 33 runs, vs Australia in 1947-48, was born at Mumbai.
11/5/1976Lok Sabha votes to extend its own life by another year.
2/9/1942Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.
9/12/1686Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist.
6/8/1906Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder.
10/31/2000The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources'
9/4/1947Gandhiji breaks fast.
8/3/1954Atomic Energy Department established.
6/13/1997At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi.