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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 |
| 3/24/1974 | Lokprabha weekly started its publication. |
| 6/2/1955 | A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak. |
| 3/25/1998 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, and Railway Minister Nitish Kumar present the interim budgets for 1998- 99. |
| 2/7/1993 | Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time. |
| 5/5/1972 | Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away. |
| 10/1/1978 | In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females. |
| 6/9/1986 | ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India. |
| 8/30/1989 | Anti-government riots leave at least 11 dead. |
| 11/22/1997 | Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles. |
| 3/19/1907 | Dr. Dilawar Hussain, right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, was born. |
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