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Historical Event on 5/3/1998

Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1956New Hindu Succession Act was passed.
12/16/1922Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle.
5/8/1901British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.
9/27/1958Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.
5/19/1954The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.
11/16/1992Reservation, Supreme Court rejects economic criteria.
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.
4/14/1991NF promises 5-10\% jobs to economically backward sections among the upper castes.
5/1/1998The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri.
1/16/1990Dr. R.R. Diwakar, Gandhian and former Union Minister, passed away.