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Historical Event on 3/10/1998

B. B. Lyngdoh of the United Democratic Party is sworn in Chief Minister of Meghalaya. The 12-day-old Congress(I) Ministry resigned following the failure of the party nominee to be elected as Speaker.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1950Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.
6/16/1893Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu.
2/23/1998BJP leader Ranjit Yadav was shot dead in Sahibganj district.
3/25/193150 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted.
3/14/1999Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta.
12/22/1853Saradamoni Devi was born in Jairambati of Hooghly district.
3/28/1956Tirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar, great Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), was born in Madras.
5/25/1993Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India.
8/17/1997I K Gujral, Prime Minister, said that Queen Elizabeth should not go to Amritsar, scene of Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, during her visit to India in October.
3/8/1986L.K. Advani elected President of BJP.