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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 |
| 8/16/1923 | Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 3/13/1971 | Fifth General Election of India ends. |
| 3/27/1997 | 40 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45. |
| 1/7/1831 | Heinrich Von Stephan, famous general of postal union and freedom fighter, was born at Pomerania. |
| 3/31/1992 | Madhav Sinh Solanki, External Affairs minister, resigns on Bofors letter issue. |
| 7/8/1997 | 33 persons killed and 67 injured as blast rips through part of Ambala-bound train at Lehra Khana station in Bhatinda district, Punjab. |
| 5/11/1626 | Malik Ambar of Ahmednagar's Nijamshahi kingdom, passed away. |
| 9/20/1992 | Vithhal Badgelwar, painter and sculptor, passed away. |
| 11/21/1961 | Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef |
| 2/1/1944 | Arun Tikekar, editor and writer, was born. |
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