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Historical Event on 3/14/1998

Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/27/1976Yashpal, modern hindi litterateur, passed away.
2/25/1886Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave 'Narmad', social reformer and famous Gujrati litterateur, passed away.
8/27/1918Nemichandra Jain, stage critic, was born.
9/9/1997Designated court decides to frame charges against 49 persons, including Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray, BJP president L. K. Advani and former U.P. Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, in cases relating to Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.
2/15/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.
7/11/1997Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai.
4/11/1856Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born.
12/31/1923Vishnu Dayal Jhunjhunwala, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur.
1/29/1994Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies.
1/10/1967Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, laid the foundation stone of Women's University, Karnataka, founded to pay gratitude to Rani Chainema of Kitur.