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Historical Event on 3/31/1986

Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/26/1984An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
8/26/1984Surdas (1483-1563), blind Hindi bard and singer of Agra whose hymns to Krishna are compiled in the 'Sursagar', was born in Sihi village near Delhi.
12/12/1989Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor.
3/1/1971Central Translation Bureau was setup as a subordinate office under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Bureau undertakes translation work of manuals, codes, forms and other non-statutory procedural literature of various ministries, departments, offices of the Central Government and Undertakings, Banks etc.
2/4/1976Lok Sabha's life extended by one year.
7/15/1920Earthquake in Delhi.
5/27/1930Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March.
3/4/1951Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.
2/11/1997India and Russia agree on a package of trade and economic cooperation measures, following Foreign Minister I K Gujral's discussions in Moscow.
8/27/1995Andhra Pradesh Governor asks N T Rama Rao to prove his majority on 31st following a split in the Telugu Desam party.