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Historical Event on 3/8/1999
The President formally revokes the proclamation imposing Central rule in Bihar after this was decided by the Union Cabinet earlier in the day.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/30/1945 | Dr. J. J. Rawal, joint director of Nehru Planetarium of Mumbai, was born. |
| 6/25/1922 | Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away. |
| 11/18/1955 | Nicolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, top USSR Soviet leaders, first time came to New Delhi. |
| 5/13/1994 | Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament. |
| 12/7/1992 | Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 12/10/1990 | Dr. L. P. Barbosa, Goa CM, resigns following withdrawal of support by Maharashta Gomantak Party. |
| 6/28/1928 | Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born. |
| 8/22/1980 | Kishor Shahu, actor and director, died. |
| 6/9/1834 | Dr. William Carey, great writer and social worker, died. |
| 3/2/1986 | Kashinath Ghanekar, famous stage artist, passed away. |
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