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Historical Event on 3/16/1998
Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/24/1932 | 450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress. |
| 9/10/1911 | Jatin Chakravorty, social reformer, politician and trade unionist, was born at Comilla, Bangladesh. |
| 1/10/1839 | Tea from India first arrives in UK. |
| 8/3/1991 | About 280 kgs of gold ornaments valued at $15 million, which had been deposited in the Portuguese bank in Goa by its natives, flown back to India. |
| 3/13/1800 | Nana Phadanvis (Balaji Janardan Bhanu), veteran leader of Peshwa Kingdom, died. |
| 10/16/1999 | Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). |
| 11/8/1992 | Mother Teresa, nobel prize winner, was presented 'Bharat Ki Mahan Suputri' award. |
| 2/6/1932 | Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed. |
| 3/17/1967 | 4th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed. |
| 12/28/1925 | Kasturbhai Lalbhai Shrenik, great industrialist, was born at Ahmedabad. |
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