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Historical Event on 10/31/1999
Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/1/1928 | Shivaji Ganeshan, famous actor, was born. |
| 2/9/1931 | A set of six stamps were issued during the inauguration of New Delhi. |
| 9/5/1872 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freeom fighter, social reformer, prolific writer, politician and leader, was born at Ottapidaram village in Tamil Nadu. |
| 11/16/1913 | Agnihotri Ambadas Shankar, journalist and litterateur, was born. |
| 5/18/1985 | Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain. |
| 11/13/1953 | Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi. |
| 11/16/1990 | Allahabad High Court stays UP Government's decision to increase reservation quota for Backward Classes. |
| 12/17/1740 | Chimaji Appa, Peshwa warrior, died. |
| 1/27/1988 | The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island. |
| 5/3/1997 | Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi. |
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