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Historical Event on 3/31/1980
Nirmal Mukherjee, the last Indian Civil Service Officer, retired from service as Cabinet Secretary.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/15/1860 | M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too. |
| 4/27/1918 | Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army. |
| 8/18/1985 | Assam Assembly dissolved (18). |
| 3/6/1991 | Chandrasekhar resigns as PM. |
| 7/13/1905 | Gandhiji opposes Bengal Partition, supports boycott of British goods. During Gokhale Lajpat Rai's deputation to Britain, he appeals to Colonial statesmen to treat India ""an integral part of the Empire"" with consideration. Sanjeevan, weekly from Calcutta, also raised the motto to boycott British Goods. |
| 7/24/1997 | Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali. |
| 7/12/1965 | Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore. |
| 2/22/1994 | Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport. |
| 4/17/1923 | Lindsay Anderson, director (Thursday's Children), was born in Bangalore, India. |
| 10/13/1991 | Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi. |
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