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Historical Event on 5/29/1991

P.V. Narasimha Rao elected President of Congress (I).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/6/1974Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression.
1/20/1996The Indian Army conducted United Nation Peacekeeping Keeping Operations in New Delhi from 20 to 26 Jan 1996, wherein delegates from UN HQ and 17 foreign countries of the Asia-Pacific region participated. The Under Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, was the chief guest.
7/21/1995Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away.
11/20/1997Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in New Delhi. India and Palestinian national authority take stock of stalled West Asia peace process. Two sides sign first umbrella Memorandum of Understanding.
12/1/1966Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian Union.
6/24/1966Atul Chandrakant Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman from 1994), was born in Bombay.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
11/21/1962India and China declared a truce from the war in which India was badly beaten. Because of winter in China, they halted their advance into India.
10/26/1932Chinadorai Deshmutu, Indian field hockey player (Olympics-1952), was born.
5/4/1960Washington, Ike signs wheat pact with India for largest U.S. food sale.