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Historical Event on 3/14/1998
Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/9/1854 | Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born. |
| 4/6/1897 | Gandhiji submits long memorial to Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Colonies, regarding landing incidents background. Carries on programme of petitioning local and Imperial authorities, as well as of communicating with British and Indian public men regarding discriminatory laws. |
| 8/18/1700 | Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born. |
| 5/19/1992 | Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh. |
| 4/30/1896 | Maa Anandamayee (1896-1982), God-intoxicated yogini and mystic Bengali saint, was born at Kheora. Her spirit lives on in devotees. |
| 4/5/1990 | Lok Sabha passes the Punjab Bill. |
| 2/3/1986 | Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta. |
| 7/26/1975 | Anti-government demonstrations held in Gujarat, defying the emergency law prohibiting such demonstrations. |
| 1/1/1909 | Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay. |
| 3/15/1919 | Osmania University was established at Hyderabad. |
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