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Historical Event on 3/1/1998
Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/12/1990 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1D) launched. This is an operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by US Delta launch vehicle, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA. |
| 6/5/1994 | Shakti Singh at Bangalore sets record for DT in 61.72. |
| 5/31/1997 | Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore. |
| 10/15/1992 | Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab. |
| 6/6/1922 | Gopalan Morappakam Joysam, cricketer, was born at Maduranthakan, in Tamil Nadu. He received the Padmashree in 1964. |
| 9/5/1872 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freeom fighter, social reformer, prolific writer, politician and leader, was born at Ottapidaram village in Tamil Nadu. |
| 5/11/1930 | Ganesh Narayan R, great Industrialist, was born. |
| 3/31/1992 | Madhav Sinh Solanki, External Affairs minister, resigns on Bofors letter issue. |
| 1/16/1919 | Nasikrao Khantadu Tirpude, former Duputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 2/16/1982 | Jawaharlal Nehru was staged first time in Calcutta Invitation International Gold Cup Football Tournament. |
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