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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
12/25/1997India-Sri Lanka one-day cricket match at Indore abandoned after three overs owing to a bad state of the pitch, which was a rare occurance.
12/25/1997The Sultan, losing his hold over the army and some members of his aristocracy, very wisely abdicated in favour of his brother Ahmad, who is famous in Deccan history as Ahmad Shah Wali.
10/14/1885Mukandi Lal, famous Hindi writer, was born in Chamoli at U.P.
4/17/1675Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked the Fonda fort and won Karwar.
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
2/19/1895Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59.
12/23/1983Micheal Chopra, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Newcastle, England.
11/1/1999H. K. Dua, senior Journalist and former editor of The Indian Express and The Hindustan Times, is appointed the Press Adviser to the Prime Minister.
4/15/1658Raja Jaswant Singh was defeated at Dharmat. He was sent by Shahjahan and Dara Shukoh to resist Aurangzeb's advance towards Agra.
4/20/1997Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title.