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Historical Event on 3/1/1998

Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1963Peacock declared as National Bird of India.
3/20/1782Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born.
11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
11/15/1999The no-confidence motion moved against Om Prakash Chautala by the opposition failed in Haryana.
11/27/1999BJP suspends former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Singh from the primary membership of the Party for defying Mr. Vajpayee.
8/3/1930Jai Prakash, educationist, was born at Jaunpur.
7/20/1954Armistice for Indo-China signed.
9/7/1887Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, was born at Dhamrai in Dhaka now in Bangladesh.
10/21/1950China invades Tibet.
8/5/1991Leila Seth was sworn the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. She is a judge of Delhi High Court.