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Historical Event on 3/10/1998

A. B. Vajpayee agrees to form a government with 252 members including the BJP and it's allies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/15/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.
11/3/1986Dr. Indrachandra Shastri, versatile in Sanskrit and Pali, died.
3/3/1891Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created.
9/26/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position.
3/25/1609Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat.
10/14/1997Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Amritsar and spend time at the Jallianwala Bagh and Golden Temple complex.
10/25/1989P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad.
3/30/1992Satyajit Ray received the honorary Oscar award..
6/6/1997New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.
6/5/1882Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned.