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Historical Event on 5/20/1991

General Election (10th) of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/28/1993JRD Tata, 89, passed away in Geneva.
8/25/1981Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress.
5/5/1947Gandhiji denies in an interview that communal division of India is inevitable.
3/2/1930Gandhiji addresses letter to Viceroy intimating his intention to break Salt Law if Congress demands are not conceded.
8/7/1988N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front.
3/21/1997Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura.
12/27/1977The Congress party splits into two factions, one supporting and one opposing Indira Gandhi.
3/21/1996Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences.
12/29/1904K. V. Puttappa, famous Kannada poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Hirekodage.
5/7/1973Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died.