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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
7/18/1987Arun Singh, union minister of state for defence, resigns from the cabinet.
11/10/1990Chandra Shekhar Singh sworn in as 8th Prime Minister of India. He remained in this office till June 21, 1991 Devilal was sworn in as the Dy. Prime Minister.
2/14/1922Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born.
2/14/1922ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
12/10/1878Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great social reformer, ardent patriot, incisive thinker and eminent literateur was born at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. He was the first Indian Governor General of independent India and popularly known as 'Rajaji'.
1/3/1996Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order.
12/17/1991Narasimhan committee on Monetary Reforms recommends that there should not be any further nationalisation of banks. Loan-melas assailed.
10/4/1992D. M. Sutar, freedom fighter and senior journalist, died.
1/1/1974This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"".
4/18/1970Dr. Dharmendra of the Indian Council of Medical Research awarded the Damien-Duttan Award for outstanding work in leprosy.