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Historical Event on 3/31/1999

The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/27/1993Splendid bowling by Anil Kumble (6 for 12) helps India to beat West Indies by 102 runs in the Hero Cup finals in Calcutta.
4/5/1993G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards.
2/28/1998The third and final phase of polling is held in 131 Lok Sabha constituencies in 10 States and one Union Territory.
2/13/1861Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians.
6/21/1940Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away.
2/6/1966Madurai Kamraj University established.
1/10/1897Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years.
9/4/1983INSAT-1B runs into snag, its solar array fails to deploy fully.
2/6/1953Congress, PSP, CP and Jansangh recognised as All India parties by the Election Commission.
1/9/1971Muslim leader Sheik Mohammed Abdullah was barred from returning to Kashmir.