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Historical Event on 3/10/2000
Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/30/1947 | Gandhiji leaves Patna for Delhi. Mountbatten, new Viceroy, arrives in Delhi. |
| 10/17/1859 | Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born. |
| 11/20/1990 | Union Government asks Supreme Court to repeal the $470 million Bhopal Gas settlement order. |
| 1/10/1993 | India asks Pakistan to reduce its diplomatic strength by 40. |
| 3/23/1968 | Atul Satish Wassan, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1989-90), was born in Delhi. |
| 9/13/1997 | Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites. |
| 4/22/1915 | Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born. |
| 6/5/1989 | Missile `Trishul' tested successfully. |
| 3/25/1989 | India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation. |
| 12/21/1999 | Kushabhau Thakre, BJP president, said that Ayodhya issue was a 'programme' and not an ideology of the party. |
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