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Historical Event on 3/16/1999

The Shiromani Akali Dal creates a record by unanimously electing Bibi Jagir Kaur Begowal as the first woman president of the SGPC.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1950Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath.
5/15/1817Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
9/25/1997India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi.
1/1/1909Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay.
7/27/1986The Supreme Court orders all-India test for medical seats.
12/7/1999Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK.
9/26/1932Dr. Manmohan Singh, former finance minister, economist and Governor of R.B.I., was born.
2/28/1937Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar discovers the white dwarf maximum mass limit.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.