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Historical Event on 3/31/1997

The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/7/1994C. T. Kamdar, famous industrialist and close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away.
2/7/1931Shila Kaul, the chief minister of New Delhi, was born.
11/24/1998Polling is held in 626 assembly constituencies spread over four States - Delhi, Madhya Prades, Mizoram and Rajasthan.
3/22/2000P. Shanmugham sworn in Chief Minister of Pondicherry.
1/18/1982Six thousand labor activists arrested in two days and national strike called in New Delhi.
11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
7/27/199511 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes.
8/18/1979Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died.