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Historical Event on 3/31/1977

N. K. Mukarji was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1980.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1918Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
9/10/1918Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.
9/20/1998India lost the fifth and final match of the Sahara Cup by five wickets. Pakistan won the series 4-1 at Toronto.
9/17/1960Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.
5/18/1995Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
11/30/2000CBI files fresh cases against JMM MPs Shibu Soren, Simon Marandi and Suraj Mandal on charges of possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
4/1/1918Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain.
1/26/1950India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and the Indian Air Force dropped its ""Royal"" prefix. At this time, it possessed six fighter squadrons of Spitfires, Vampires and Tempests, operating from Kanpur, Poona, Ambala and Palam, one B-24 bomber squadron, one C-47 Dakota transport squadron, one AOP flight, a communications squadron at Palam and a growing training organisation.
12/5/1951Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away.