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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
6/13/196660 people were killed in a collision between two suburban trains of Bombay.
3/31/1959Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India.
8/25/1965Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators.
8/1/1953Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas.
11/17/1915Vishnu Gopal Pingle was hanged for revolting against the Indian Army in Talegaon prison of Pune.
5/16/1975Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union.
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
10/30/1996ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate.
8/4/1967World's longest and highest Dam 'Nagarjun Sagar' made by Masonary System was inaugrated.
10/28/1998Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad.