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Historical Event on 12/16/1998
The Government introduces in the Rajya Sabha the Patents (Amendments) Bill 1998 amid Left protests.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/18/1993 | Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"". |
| 2/16/1994 | Nivrittibuwa Sarnaik, veteran singer of 'Jaipur Gharana', passed away. |
| 11/7/1990 | National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government. |
| 7/6/1999 | The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault. |
| 11/10/1960 | First Nagpur session of Maharashtra State. |
| 2/21/1979 | Yousuf Hussain, litterateur and brother of President Zakir Hussain Khan, passed away. |
| 6/5/1997 | Prime Minister Gujral went on a 3-day visit to Nepal. |
| 7/19/1994 | The Tamil Nadu Bill for continuance of the 69\% reservation policy in the state receives the President's assent. |
| 10/23/1996 | Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 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. |
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