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Historical Event on 3/31/1997
Lakhubhai Pathak, prominent NRI businessman who had accused Narasimha Rao of cheating $ 100,000, died in London.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/16/1932 | Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay. |
| 7/9/1993 | Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300. |
| 11/29/1962 | Haryana achieved their target of supplying electricity to 100\% villages. |
| 5/14/1907 | Muhammad Ayub Khan, Pakistani president, was born. |
| 3/14/1995 | Keshubai Patel (Gujarat), J.B. Patnaik (Orissa) and Manohar Joshi, the 12th (Maharashtra) CMs, elected. |
| 4/1/1889 | Dr. Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), was born. |
| 1/21/1993 | Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17. |
| 1/10/1922 | Museum of Prince of Wales, situated at Mumbai, opened for public. |
| 2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
| 12/11/1926 | Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding |
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