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Historical Event on 3/31/1999

The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1942Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies.
3/25/1989India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation.
12/29/1972Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
8/1/1846Dwarkanath Tagore, a Hindu philanthropist, died in London.
2/26/1972President Varahgiri Venkat Giri inaugurated the Vikram Earth Satellite Station at Wardha near Arvi.
1/1/1979This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"".
1/1/1944Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, died.
3/15/1904Annada Shankar Rai, modern Oria and Bengali poet, was born.
5/29/1968Dara Singh becomes the world wrestling champion.
11/27/1994Shyam Vyas, veteran Hindi story writer, passed away.