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Historical Event on 3/31/1904

British slaughter hundreds of Tibetans.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/20/1930With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable
10/25/1989P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad.
10/23/1959Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border.
12/19/2000A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city.
11/20/1969Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.
5/17/1991Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away.
10/12/1993National Environment Council with PM as chairperson set up.
6/5/1994Shakti Singh at Bangalore sets record for DT in 61.72.
2/13/1998India signs two agreements with the U.N. Development Fund for a $13.75-million grant for food security and environment support.
9/14/1992Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives.