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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
6/18/1926Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P).
9/1/1896Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta.
10/11/1894Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
9/1/1956Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory.
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
10/18/1997Prince Philip switches on the internet version of Malayala Manorama and The Week at Kochi.
11/24/1941Attack on Pearl Harbour.
3/1/1950The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000.
2/2/2000The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry clears Ms. Deepa Mehta's film ''Water'' after the director agreed to make some changes in the script.
1/19/1997Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad arrives in India on a 4-day visit.