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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
5/19/1991About 20 crore voters go to the polls in the first phase of election in 204 constituencies of the 10th Lok Sabha.
8/19/1903Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born.
10/12/1991Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi.
9/6/1903Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.
2/3/1760Sadashiv Bhau, under a large Maratha army, defeated the Nizam in war of Udgir.
10/6/1997Abhijit Kunte wins Asian Junior Chess title.
10/11/1941Amitabh Bachchan, famous film actor, was born.
12/6/199813th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.
3/28/1994Leaders attack trade protectionism.
12/23/1900Kalicharan Patnaik, famous Orria dramatist, poet and journalist, was born.