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Historical Event on 3/31/1843
Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first musical playwright of Marathi, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/29/1904 | K. V. Puttappa, famous Kannada poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Hirekodage. |
| 1/23/1999 | An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district. |
| 3/2/1994 | Autonomous Hill Council for Leh set up. |
| 4/22/2000 | Bhaktavar Lentin (72), former Judge of the Bombay High Court, died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Mumbai. |
| 10/15/1996 | Kerala CM Nayanar says Governors are not necessary in states. |
| 9/25/1990 | S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died. |
| 6/24/1966 | Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die. |
| 4/18/1931 | Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India. |
| 10/20/1962 | The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit. |
| 1/15/1977 | Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away. |
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