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Historical Event on 8/29/1998

Prasar Bharti ordinance promulgated.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/16/1999India agrees to Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) by the IMF.
5/25/1894Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away.
11/1/1966Punjab High Court was renamed as Punjab & Haryana High Court. This court was established in Chandigarh for Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh territory.
5/31/1818Samachar Darpan, the first vernacular newspaper, was published in Bengali language by Carey and Marshman from Serampore.
7/10/1984White Paper on Punjab released by Union Government.
3/1/1998Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda.
3/16/1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
2/8/1986Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96).
10/6/1779Elphinston, historian and administrator of Mumbai province, was born.
4/6/1897Gandhiji 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.