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Historical Event on 3/1/1998

Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1937Muhammad Jaffer, great Indian Hockey player, was born.
2/10/1946Gandhiji revives 'Harijan' and allied group of weekly journals.
10/30/1991Norberto Carvalho, vetern freedom fighter of Goa freedom fight, passed away.
11/28/1999Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.
11/28/1999Shahaji Raje Bhosale, father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was born.
6/11/1997Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
2/6/1954Kashmir Assembly accepts re-unification with India.
3/1/1990BJP swept to power in Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, shares power with JD in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
12/1/1989National Front decides to form a government with outside support from the BJP and the Left Parties.
11/7/1936Chandrakant Devtale, famous Hindi poet, was born.