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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
8/12/1919Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, the father of Indian space technology and scientist, was born at Ahmedabad.
3/3/1990JD-BJP coalition government in Gujarat, Chimanbhai Patel to become CM; Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra and Bhairon Singh Shekhewat of BJP to head the BJP-JD coalition government in Rajasthan.
9/27/1958Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.
12/27/1926Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK.
5/24/1999Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut.
12/22/1928An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.'
3/24/1924Virendrakumar Bhattacharya, Gyanpeeth award winner and Assamia novelist, was born.
7/1/1968Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.
4/24/1993IA's Delhi-Srinagar Boeing with 141 persons, hijacked by a Kashmiri militant lands, in Amritsar.
12/25/1771Shah Alam II sat on the Throne of Dehli. Marathas captured Delhi and induced Shah Alam to return to Delhi after an absence of 18 years from the captial.