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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
5/1/1922Madhu Limaye, great politician, freedom fighter, writer and national leader, was born at Pune, Maharashtra.
9/3/1992Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court.
3/24/1944Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics.
6/13/1973Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away.
11/19/1962Nehru asks more US aid as China drives into India in New Delhi.
4/22/1923Babani Sheshagiri Pai, social worker and journalist, was born at Ankola in Karnataka.
4/22/1923Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort.
12/24/1762Gopalrao defeated in the battle of Jamkhindi.
8/4/1979Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay.