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Historical Event on 3/31/1993

Kidnapped cardiac surgeon Dr. Abdul Ahad Guroo killed in Srinagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/11/1913Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh 
8/22/1979Neelam Sanjeev Reddy, President of India, dissolves the sixth Lok Sabha, orders year-end general elections and asks Charan Singh to head a caretaker government.
12/23/1964India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed.
9/16/1931Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.
9/7/1996First phase of J & K Assembly elections.
5/26/1946Gandhiji considers 'Plan' the best document produced by British Government under the circumstances.
6/21/1948C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished.
8/20/1974Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed elected President of India with B. D. Jatti as Vice President.
5/7/2000Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case.
6/29/1909Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born.