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Historical Event on 1/1/1998

The Election Commission announces the poll schedule for the 12th Lok Sabha. The polling will be on February 16, 22, 28 and March 7. Simultaneously, elections are to be held for the Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/15/1980Gajanan Vishwanath Ketkar, editor of `Kesri' and `Maratha', passed away.
5/23/1967South Gujrat University was established.
6/25/1992BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.
5/9/1992Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
3/3/1700Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj died of lung infection due to smallpox at Sinhagad fort.
2/14/1994V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down.
3/10/1998India 'A' beats Pakistan 'A' by 58 runs in the fourth test to clinch the rain-hit series 1-0 at Karachi.
11/11/2000Mohun Bagan wins the Durand Cup in New Delhi.
3/2/1996Malabar University (Kerala) comes into being.
5/15/1992CBI begins probe into the security scam.