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Historical Event on 10/31/1999

Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/13/1940Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born.
10/9/1970Production of Uranium 233 started at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Bombay.
7/3/1972Shimla Non-Arm Agreement on Kashmir signed between Indira Gandhi and Z. A. Bhutto.
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
7/20/1636John Oldham, trader of mass, was murdered by Indians.
9/6/1999Vyjayanthimala Bali, former Congress (I) MP, joins the BJP.
8/15/1990GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.
3/3/1939Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention.
1/1/1909Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay.
4/22/1991Arun Nehru and Arif Mohammed Khan expelled from Janata Dal.