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Historical Event on 5/22/1993

Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1994JKLF leader Mohammed Yasim Malik agrees to eschew violence provided the Centre guarantees a dialogue without pre-conditions.
2/7/2000Kamaluddin Ahmed, former APCC(I) president and four times Congress MP, joins the BJP.
12/20/1993Bangarappa expelled from Congress for 6 years.
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.
9/21/1995Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.
8/12/1997Gulshan Kumar of Super Cassette Industries was shot dead by four unidentified persons in north-west Mumbai.
2/3/1929The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".
6/7/1984Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
12/21/1989V. P. Singh wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha.
4/5/1950Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights.