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Historical Event on 3/31/1959

Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1988Dr. Nagendra Singh, 74, President of the International Court of Justice, passed away in Hague.
12/24/2000The Government re-instates Dr. R.S.Paroda as the Director-General of the ICAR.
12/4/1924Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding.
8/23/1947Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn is as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.
5/3/1997Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi.
8/7/1906First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.
8/15/1947Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy.
4/20/1989President's rule imposed in Karnataka.
11/30/1989Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister.
2/7/1856Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh, was asked to abdicate by the British Resident on grounds of chronic misrule.