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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 |
| 12/24/1921 | Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest. |
| 11/11/1888 | Acharya Kripalani, nationalist and member of the Parliament, was born at Hyderabad, Sind. |
| 3/1/1997 | India under-19 team wins third `Test', claims three-test series 2-0 win in Matara. |
| 3/8/1986 | L.K. Advani elected President of BJP. |
| 9/1/1989 | Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding. |
| 11/28/1997 | Seven-month-old United Front government, headed by Prime Minister I.K Gujral, bows out of office. |
| 11/2/1889 | Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, was born at Chiniot in Jhang district, Punjab. |
| 11/21/1993 | India and South Africa sign a historic pact on re-establishing diplomatic and consular relations after a gap of 50 years. |
| 1/8/1992 | Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent. |
| 7/6/1986 | Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, passed away. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communication Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70), Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record.(5-4-91). |
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