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Historical Event on 10/31/1997

Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1868Swami Virjanand, Sanskrit grammar litterateur and master, passed away at the age of 90.
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
11/6/2000Buddhadev Bhattacharya assumes office as West Bengal Chief Minister.
11/6/2000Amir Timur left Delhi. He took the title 'Emperor of India' and recrossed the Indus on March 11.
7/23/1903Chandra Shekhar Azad was born Today in 1903
6/29/1857Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British).
5/6/1922Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer of Kolhapur, passed away at Bombay. He was 48.
7/25/1976Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77.
6/2/1997Saudi Boeing 747 Jumbo with 348 people on board misses the Meenambakkam international airport, Chennai and forcelands at Tambaram Air Force strip.
1/4/1967Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. began delivery of the MIG aircraft.