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Historical Event on 3/19/1998

Abdul Rauf Seddiopui, Samajwadi Party leader, is shot dead near Jadharpur village in Bareilly district.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/2/1965The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).
10/12/1998Sushma Swaraj is sworn in Delhi Chief Minister in place of Mr. Sahib Singh Verma
10/25/1999Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament.
9/29/1994Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic.
9/23/1903Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born.
3/15/1901Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games.
9/14/1992The government allows foreign investors to enter the Indian capital market; incentives offered.
6/26/1888Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Pilani.
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
6/3/1947British Government issued the partition plan, which was worked out by Lord Louis Mountbatten in New Delhi and was accepted by both Muslim League and Congress. The salient features of the partition were, 1) Provices of Bengal and Punjab to be divided., 2) The Indians will form the constitution of India and it will only be applicable in the areas where people accept it., 3) The province of Baluchistan shall adopt proper ways to decide its future., 4) 562 Princely States shall be free to decide their own future., 5) Referendum shall be held in N.W.F.P. and Assam., 6) The Governor General of both countries shall be the executive head of their respective countries., 7) Military assets shall be divided between the two countries and 8) Red Cliff Mission was setup, to demarcate the boundaries of the two countries. India would become free on 15th August 1947.