Phoenix Indian Community - PhoenixIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 3/21/1998

Jaswant Singh is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission after the resignation of Prof. Madhu Dandavate.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/11/1997Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati.
9/4/1888Mahatma Gandhi left for London, England to study Law.
3/21/1995Lok Sabha passes Patent Bill by amending the Patent (Amendment) Act 1970.
12/17/1998P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
10/30/1996ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate.
4/27/2000Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
1/21/1882Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born.
4/4/1997World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion.
11/3/1999Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal.
3/2/1938Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away.