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Historical Event on 10/31/1999

Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/25/1997In a bid to break the deadlock on naming transport corporation after caste leaders in southern districts, Tamil Nadu Government agrees to create a new bus corporation named after Pulithevan.
9/30/1996PVN Rao, who was to appear in court in the Pathak cheating case, gets a reprieve
1/16/1681Sambhaji was crowned as the successor of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a function held at Raigad Fort.
6/2/1984Army takes control in Punjab as 22 people are killed in Sikh struggle for autonomy. The state is declared a restricted area under the Foreigners' Act.
6/9/1980M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.
11/10/1991South Africa's first cricket One-day international since 1970 vs India.
6/8/1897Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.
7/6/1992The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers.
12/1/1993Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away.
12/25/1964Anil Kaul, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96), was born in Amritsar, India.