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Historical Event on 12/3/1998

India and Portugal sign an agreement in New Delhi for setting up a joint committee to enhance cooperation in science and technology.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/30/1941Gandhiji, at his own request, is relieved of hi-leadership of Congress by Working Committee.
8/4/2000Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98.
11/8/1932Sankhla Badluram, great industrialist, was born in Delhi.
4/24/1994S. L. Kirloskar, 91, industrial magnate, passed away in Pune.
4/18/1926Padmakar Ganesh Chitle, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
3/31/1999The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched.
3/26/199914 tonnes of heavy water leaked into the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam during an in-service inspection.
11/25/1998Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
5/10/1996PM P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Council of Ministers resign.
10/10/1978Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'.