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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 |
| 3/31/1999 | Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne. |
| 8/9/1971 | Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died. |
| 4/17/1998 | BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes. |
| 1/2/1994 | Landslide win for GNLF in the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections. |
| 1/2/1964 | Raichaudhary Ambikagiri, nationalist Asamia poet, died. |
| 5/16/1998 | India rejects China's charges on N-tests. |
| 8/8/1911 | Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic. |
| 5/9/1959 | Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil, founder of Rayat Educational Institute, passed away. |
| 11/12/1969 | Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I). |
| 4/17/1923 | Lindsay Anderson, director (Thursday's Children), was born in Bangalore, India. |
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