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Historical Event on 3/31/1926

Dattatray Balwant Parasnis, who made research in History, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1950India is proclaimed a Sovereign Democratic Republic ceasing to be a British dominion and adopted Indian Constitution which came into force.
2/16/1982Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.
9/19/2000India remains committed to a unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests, but we will not allow this stand to stand in the way of our protecting India's supreme natural interest,'' said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on his return from the US.
1/21/1963East German party Congress ends; Ulbricht, with Soviet support, condemns Chinese invasion of India at Berlin.
9/6/1995Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away.
12/10/1969Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production.
8/28/1976Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
12/9/1989Shyama Charan Shukla sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
6/5/1927Sarjit Singh Bal, educationist, was born in Renala Khurd, Punjab.
6/11/200027 army personnel die after the bus carrying them plunges into a gorge at a spot 80 km from Jammu.