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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
2/7/198161 die in circus fire in Bangalore.
10/28/1947Sheikh Mohammad Abdulla invited to form an interim government in J&K.
12/28/1981New Government led by the Congress (I) leader K. Karunakaran installed in Kerala.
1/16/1919Nasikrao Khantadu Tirpude, former Duputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
2/10/1921Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated Kashi Vidya Peeth.
11/20/1942Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26.
3/17/1959Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
2/2/1978The Indian National Congress (I) recognized as a national party and allotted the election symbol 'hand' (Palm).
3/4/1879Bethune' College of Calcutta was established as the pioneer of women s college education in India.