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Historical Event on 5/22/1996
United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/23/1858 | Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died. |
| 1/22/1986 | Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
| 3/13/1800 | Nana Phadanvis (Balaji Janardan Bhanu), veteran leader of Peshwa Kingdom, died. |
| 12/12/1971 | All the facilities and pocket money provided to the former kings were cancelled by the Indian Parliament. |
| 5/24/1993 | India and Uzbekistan sign five pacts. |
| 11/14/2000 | Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office. |
| 2/10/1979 | Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 8/15/1867 | Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'. |
| 4/1/1995 | Open General Licence (OGL) list expanded from 43 to 75 as import of consumer goods liberalised. |
| 1/27/1996 | 'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully. |
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