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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
7/17/1948Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
10/12/1993The first operational sortie in Somalia was undertaken with the Brigade Commander and his Deputy on board to recede the area of responsibility in and around Baidoa which was to be the bridage's permanent location.
4/14/2000The AIADMK expels senior leaders Sedapatti R. Muthiah, S. Raghupathy and Karuppusamy Pandian for ''anti-party activities''.
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
1/29/1997Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement.
8/8/1984P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.
10/28/1964Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.
1/15/1971Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away.
1/23/1997Statue of Subhash Bose unveiled inside Parliament House.
11/15/1999Notorious criminal Surendra alias Dolatpuri is shot dead in a police encounter at Khatavli, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.