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Historical Event on 3/16/1999

The Shiromani Akali Dal creates a record by unanimously electing Bibi Jagir Kaur Begowal as the first woman president of the SGPC.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1909First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established.
5/13/1962Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67).
7/22/19961996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
4/7/1997NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.
7/1/1947Independence of India Bill passed.
3/20/1925Marquess Curzon of Kedleston died this morning at age 66 from complications following an operation. Long a kingpin of the Conservative party, Lord Curzon spent 40 years in public life, serving as Viceroy and Governor General of India and, at the end of his career, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Though he came close to becoming prime minister in 1923, his aristocratic past militated against him in an era which nominated leaders from the House of Commons. He twice wed US women and enjoyed fame as an author of books about politics and his own travels.
2/22/1944Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
6/24/1928Mrinal Keshav Gore, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
8/8/1946India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.
8/6/1999Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi.