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Historical Event on 3/14/1998

Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/1916Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat.
6/18/1926Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P).
3/31/1871Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader 'Lion of Karnataka', was born.
5/4/1854The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.
12/24/1880Pattabhi Sitaramayya, politician and president of Indian National Congress, was born in Andhra Pradesh.
12/7/1997Leander Paes awarded 'The Sportstar' award.
3/16/1939Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1.
5/29/1953Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981), was born.
12/9/1825Tula Ram Rao, one of the revolutionary heroes of the 1857 and Sepoy Mutiny, was born.
10/11/1996Supreme Court ruling on change of venue of Rao's trial.