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Historical Event on 4/3/1998

Pramod Mahajan, senior BJP functionary, is appointed Political Advisor to Prime Minister ""in the rank and status of Cabinet Minister in the PMO"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/30/1882Franklin Delano Roosevelt, great leader and social reformer, was born at Hyde Park, New York.
5/26/1946Gandhiji considers 'Plan' the best document produced by British Government under the circumstances.
1/22/2000India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.
5/28/1996BJP Govt. incapable of assembling a majority after two weeks. A left-wing coalition takes over headed by new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader and United Front coalition government. He held this office till 12 April 1997.
7/14/1656Guru Har Kishan, the eight Sikh, was born.
12/14/1984First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off.
5/7/1994Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.
3/3/1982Firaq Gorakhpuri ""Raghupati Sahay"", great writer, nationalist and who revolutionised Urdu poetry, died.
4/20/1989Launching of IRBM `Agni' fails.
7/30/1960Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, great freedom fighter, leader and 'Lion of Karnataka', 0died. He was a loyal Congress leader.