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Historical Event on 3/31/1994
Argentina President Carlos Menem visits India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/20/1952 | Anand Armitraj, great Indian tennis player (Brother of Vijay), was born. |
| 2/3/1954 | Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi. |
| 1/1/1903 | A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. |
| 4/16/1992 | The PM gives a new slogan to the nation, 'Desh banao, desh bachao'. |
| 2/2/1930 | Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away. |
| 5/22/1991 | Elections scheduled to be held on 23, 26 deferred to 12, 15 of June. |
| 9/21/1990 | Supreme Court refuses to stay implementation of Mandal Commission Report. |
| 9/21/1990 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
| 12/8/1879 | Jatindranath Mukherjee (Jatin Bagha), famous revolutionary, was born in Jessore. |
| 5/25/1995 | Parliament gives assent to Budget and passes Finance Appropriation Bill. |
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