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Historical Event on 6/16/1998

Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/26/1997Vice President Krishan Kant takes over as Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
10/6/2000Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief, withdraws her resignation from the Union Cabinet of Ministers.
2/15/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.
8/15/1994At Churchgate railway station on platform No.1, noted film actor A.K. Hangal signalled the start of theatre in a train by waving a green flag.
3/14/1992NTR expels Upendra and six others from Telegu Desam Party.
7/3/1979Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.
3/3/1978Origin of Saka Era (India).
10/21/1916Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat.
7/26/1991Indian, UN Observer Mission in El Salvador joined (ONUSAL from Jul 1991 To Apr 1995).
10/30/1996ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate.