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Historical Event on 3/31/1997

The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1996Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case).
5/1/1996Muiz ud din Qaiqabad, was the tenth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty (Slave dynasty), was killed in his bed. He was proved to be an inefficient ruler.
8/3/1954Atomic Energy Department established.
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.
1/14/1991Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away.
4/24/1996BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high.
11/2/1971Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives.
10/15/1999Maharashtra Governor P. C. Alexander asks both the BJP-Shiv Sena combine and the Congress(I) for proof.
10/18/1901Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.
12/19/1994Critical stores of IAF were de-inducted by AN-124 contracted by UN. Bulky stores were brought by ship Mogadishu.