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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 |
| 4/8/1997 | Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case. |
| 1/1/1664 | Shivaji assumes royal title. |
| 1/11/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896-1995). |
| 2/21/1952 | The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras. |
| 3/4/1996 | Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products. |
| 6/5/1996 | Kubernath Rai, well known writer, passed away. |
| 3/6/1962 | Ambika Chakrovorty, great revolutionary and warrior, passed away. |
| 7/24/1996 | Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs. |
| 8/1/1994 | The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force. |
| 12/31/1956 | Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80. |
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