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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.
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| 6/24/1966 | Atul Chandrakant Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman from 1994), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/12/1949 | Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die. |
| 5/29/1973 | Jo Paul Ancheri, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trichur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1994. |
| 6/12/1891 | Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July. |
| 5/21/1835 | Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born. |
| 1/1/1983 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"". |
| 9/29/1997 | Crown Prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon, visits India. |
| 1/12/1918 | C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous film music director, was born. |
| 12/5/1943 | The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port. |
| 10/28/2000 | The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985. |
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