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Historical Event on 3/31/1997

The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/15/1999The CPI (M) urges the Centre to take over Dunlop India Ltd.
5/29/1979Perminder Singh Sangha, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway.
9/11/1995PM Narsimha Rao inaugurated the State Panchayat minister's meet for discussing panchayat election, devolution of administrative and financial power to the local bodies.
9/25/1997BAI-IBC dispute resolved.
12/15/1991Satyajit Ray, film maestro, awarded Special Oscar for his lifetime achievement.
1/1/19958th World Tamil Conference begins in Madurai.
1/20/1988Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away.
1/20/1988Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
1/5/1952John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43), died at the age of 64.
3/20/1920Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.