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Historical Event on 3/31/1997

The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1924K.T. Gopalkrishnan, famous Hindi writer, was born at Azhicode.
10/22/1937Gandhiji presided over the educational conference at Wardha and outlined his scheme of education through basic crafts.
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
12/5/1943The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.
8/30/1751Sir Robert Clive exhibited a heroic feat when the British troops captured Arcot form Chanda Saheb.
1/31/1896Dattatray Ramchandra Bendre, Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award winner and Kannad poet, was born.
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
1/19/1966Bahadur Tair, under their leader Mongol of Hulagu Khan, captured Lahore.
12/9/1999BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.
12/10/1952World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India.