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Historical Event on 3/31/1843
Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first musical playwright of Marathi, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics. |
| 12/7/1999 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, rejects the Opposition demand for resignation of three Central Ministers L. K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati in the Ayodhya case. |
| 12/21/1994 | The IAF return from peace keeping duties as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations in Somalia. |
| 1/11/1859 | Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born. |
| 11/20/1917 | J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta. |
| 12/6/1987 | MiG-29, re-christened `Baaz', inducted into the Indian Air Force. |
| 10/24/1827 | Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born |
| 1/16/1948 | Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims. |
| 7/15/1783 | Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, great Indian Merchant, Industrialist and philanthrophist, was born in Bombay. He aided famine relief, financed public works like wells, roads, causeways and bridges; founded dispensaries and hospitals; established educational institutions and scholarship funds; etc. He was receipent of a Knighthood and many medals. |
| 2/26/1996 | Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM. |
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