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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
5/22/1991Sonia unanimously elected Congress President by the Working Committee. She, however, declined the offer.
5/30/1952S.C.Mathur was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 01-07-1955.
12/22/1975Vasant Krishna Desai, famous music director, died.
11/10/1901Formal inauguration of the new North-West Frontier Province created out of the Punjab.
6/3/1818Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends.
4/3/1998Pramod Mahajan, senior BJP functionary, is appointed Political Advisor to Prime Minister ""in the rank and status of Cabinet Minister in the PMO"".
7/21/1977K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
1/16/1990Dr. R.R. Diwakar, Gandhian and former Union Minister, passed away.
12/13/1999The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border.
2/6/1998V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar.