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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
12/23/1900Charansingh Chaudhary, former Prime Minister of India and a farmer's leader, was born.
10/22/1912Gandhiji accompanied Gokhale on tour of South Africa, Laurenco Marques, Mozambique and Zanzibar. He gave up European dress and milk and restricted himself to diet of fresh and dried fruits.
4/3/1912M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur.
5/8/1990A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property.
2/6/1953Congress, PSP, CP and Jansangh recognised as All India parties by the Election Commission.
11/24/1992Milan Kumar Banerjee appointed Attorney General.
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
4/18/1930Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army.
5/21/1994The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.
5/1/1995SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent.