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Historical Event on 3/31/1990

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1841-1956) (Posthumous).

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/2000Nitish Kumar, Samata Party leader, sworn in Bihar Chief Minister. Governor V.C. Pande's decision evokes widespread criticism.
3/3/2000Saint Kabir was born.
7/6/1881Saint Gulabrao Maharaj was born in Vidarbha.
1/7/1685Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born.
1/4/1881Publication of newspaper 'Kesri' started.
12/8/1875Tej Bahadur Sapru, great leader, was born.
2/16/1968Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
6/14/1995RBI announces the introduction of appointing ombudsmen to redress grievances and disputes of bank customers.
8/23/1958Marathwada University was started.