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Historical Event on 5/16/1996

Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1992Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away.
1/10/1920India became member of League of Nations.
5/21/1927Cargo Transportation service started between Calcutta and Bagdogra.
6/7/2000Telecom Commission approves the free phone bonanza for all telecom employees announced by the Union Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
5/1/1958Bell, 47 G3, the flight was upgraded to a helicopter unit with a Sqn Ldr as its Commanding Officer.
1/4/1909Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born.
2/25/1999The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.
4/16/1980Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final.
12/10/1913The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.
1/27/1987P. T. Usha nominated the Asian Athlete of 1986 by the US Sports Academy (USA).