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Historical Event on 3/31/1993

Kidnapped cardiac surgeon Dr. Abdul Ahad Guroo killed in Srinagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/4/2000Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the last member of the British royal family to bear the title ''Empress of India'', celebrated her 100th birthday.
6/15/1960Bardwan University was established in West Bengal.
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
12/19/2000A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city.
2/16/1993Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.
4/5/1987The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC).
6/16/1990GOI announces higher procurement/minimum support prices for all major kharif crops.
6/6/1924S. R. Bommai, former President of Janata Dal, was born.
7/6/1901Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and leader, was born at Calcutta. He was the founder of the ""Bharatiya Jana Sangh"", of which BJP is the successor party. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal.
7/23/1991Premdatt Paliwal, president of All India Forward Block, died.