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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
4/5/1949Indian Boy Scout and Girl Guide were established and renamed as Bharat Scouts and Guides.
9/15/1997Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.
9/24/1921Dr. Sakharam Gangadhar Malshe, researcher and critic, was born.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
8/1/1920Kirloskar, monthly magzine, was published.
4/15/1946Triumphant over flesh and pain they passed away our day of peace to Cain. The original memorial was erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
8/4/2000Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98.
3/22/1991Chautala sworn in as Haryana CM.
9/23/1803British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye.
5/1/1908Praful Chaki committed suicide after he threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford of Mujaffarpur, killing two inocent women.