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Historical Event on 3/19/1998

BJP-led coalition government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the second time Prime Minister of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/21/1997Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people.
4/20/1997Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title.
8/10/1982Memorial of 201 martyrs from Maharashtra inaugurated.
5/11/1993Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore.
5/30/1991Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away.
8/28/1879Battle at Ulundi, Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz.
1/24/1966Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government.
11/20/1967First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
4/3/1966First Indian-made computer commissioned in Jadavpur University campus.
10/17/1859Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born.