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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 |
| 7/1/1955 | Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India. |
| 6/2/2000 | Justice A. M. Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of India, appointed Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award. |
| 7/24/1999 | Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai. |
| 7/28/1872 | Albert P Sarraut, French Governor General of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36), was born. |
| 11/5/2000 | The Interpol issues a ""look-out'' notice for the five persons and two of their accomplices, who hijacked an Indian Airlines plane in December 1999 |
| 1/10/1987 | Sikh terrorists murder Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh. |
| 2/17/1993 | Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, died at her native village in Manipur. The British army made a surprise attack on her position and captured her. On 17th October, 1932, Pandit Nehru once wrote ""A day will come when India will remember her and cherishe her"". |
| 1/1/1924 | Krishna Mohan Jha, famous educationist, was born at Pokharia near Katihar (Purnea). |
| 4/16/1903 | Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance. |
| 6/24/1969 | Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), passed away. |
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