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Historical Event on 3/31/1990

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1841-1956) (Posthumous).

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/12/1959Keshavrao Marutirao Jedhe, great leader of Harijans and farmers, passed away.
10/31/1955The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat.
8/19/1993Y. D. Lokurkar, senior journalist, died.
8/7/1999A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state.
12/26/1991Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India.
4/26/1995SAARC decides to launch South Asia Preferential Trade Area (SAPTA).
12/8/1879Jatindranath Mukherjee (Jatin Bagha), famous revolutionary, was born in Jessore.
12/8/1930British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists.
4/5/1993The Left and Democratic Front earns two third majority at the Tripura Assembly elections.
10/28/1991Chruchill Alemao of Goa set free by court.