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Historical Event on 5/22/1991

Elections scheduled to be held on 23, 26 deferred to 12, 15 of June.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1959Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China.
6/16/1993Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.
8/6/1992A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
6/14/1886Orphanage for little girls was established.
11/2/1967Ministry of Education evolves a National Service Scheme for University students.
11/17/1857Sir Colin Campbell, British Army Officer, managed to supress Indian Mutiny sepoys at Lucknow.
7/10/1949Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980).
3/24/1968The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
11/7/1974South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup.
8/22/1992Congress (I) with its allies secures a simple majority in the Lok Sabha following the merger of Telugu Desam into the party.