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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
5/9/1919Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi.
4/10/1760Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, passed away at the age of 75.
8/13/1998India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million.
4/14/1952Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
6/29/1924Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians), was born.
6/22/1880Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer of Assam, poet, editor, journalist and lawyer, was born at Dibrugarh, Assam.
3/30/1945Dr. J. J. Rawal, joint director of Nehru Planetarium of Mumbai, was born.
5/23/1998L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
2/11/1977B.D.Jathi became the second acting President of India.