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Historical Event on 3/8/1986

L.K. Advani elected President of BJP.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/29/1948Assembly bans discrimination against untouchables.
8/19/1996Gujarat's expelled BJP leader Shankersingh Waghela forms a new party called 'Rashtriya Janata Party'.
3/24/1990Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.
7/8/1972Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996), was born in Calcutta.
6/19/1996Kerala LDF govt. decides to reopen the ISRO espionage case, which was closed by the CBI.
4/14/1991NF promises 5-10\% jobs to economically backward sections among the upper castes.
3/20/1602United East India Company of the Netherlands i.e. Dutch East India Company was chartered by States-General of Holland. During its 96-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies.
9/7/1905Raghunath Govind Sardesai, journalist and Marathi litterateur, was born.
4/3/1857Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also.
12/21/1999The Gujarat Government asks the Hindu Jagran March to go-ahead with the 'Shilanyas' for a Ram temple at Halmodi in Surat district.