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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
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
11/9/1999Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour.
5/24/1903Hemchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali poet, passed away.
3/21/1996PSLV-D3 launched successfully.
2/22/1997India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement.
10/27/1989The XIV-World Congress of Neurology was held in New Delhi under the auspices of the World Federation of Neurology and Neurology Society of India. (21-10-89).
10/27/1989Guru Amardasji passed away.
8/13/1911Guha Phulrenu, social worker, was born.
9/18/1967English was adopted the official language of Nagaland .
8/18/1923Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi.