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Historical Event on 3/15/1998

Mr. Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. The number of MPs supporting the formation of a government by the BJP stands at 264 in a house of 539, just short of the working majority of 270. However, the President sees the figure as crossing the half-way mark as the Telugu Desam decides to remain neutral. Earlier, the Congress(I) conveys to the President its decision not to stake claim to form a government.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1989Baba Prithvisingh, founder of Labour Party, passed away.
2/27/1996Suresh Kalmadi, Minister of State for Railways, presents vote-on-account railway budget; 1995-96 Economic Survey shows 6.3\% growth in GDP; 20\% interim relief for newspaper employees announced by govt.
4/28/1848Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa.
7/8/1928Eighteen died when an East Indian Railroad train was derailed after saboteurs removed part of the tracks.
1/16/1992For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat.
10/9/2000A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases.
4/8/1985India files suit against Union Carbide in New York for Bhopal gas disaster.
5/5/1942Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi.
4/1/1996Kerala introduces ban on arrack. 5614 licenced arrack shops closed down.
7/19/1965Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away.
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