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Historical Event on 3/31/1999

The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1990Chandrasekhar Government wins confidence motion of 280 for 214 against and 11 abstained (17 members were absent).
11/16/1990Akbar attacked on Malwa at Sarangpur and defeated Bajbahadar.
12/29/1949Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani, cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer), was born in Madras.
6/1/1959The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.
4/5/1663Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked Shahistekhan at Pune.
12/23/1959Edward Fredrick Lindlewood Halifax ""Irwin Lord"", English viscount and Governor General of India (1925-1931), died at the age of 78.
6/6/1962General Election ( 3rd) of India ends.
1/15/1971Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away.
1/8/1995Madhu Limaye, veteran national leader, socialist thinker, freedom fighter, politician, writer, close associate of Ram Manohar Lohia and Jaya Prakash Narayan, passed away.
8/1/1882Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).