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Historical Event on 10/31/1997
Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/30/1988 | Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988. |
| 9/16/1967 | Tibetan, Indian and Chinese troops engage in fighting at Natu La pass on the Tibet-Sikkim border. |
| 9/21/1912 | Firoz Gandhi, great politician, was born. |
| 10/26/1930 | Gulal Bai Parekar, a14-year-old girl led a 13-girls team to hoist the national flag at Esplanade Park. A police sargeant tried to snach the flag and then kidnapped her. |
| 7/23/1933 | Jatindra Mohan Sengupta, great leader, lawyer, social worker, freedom fighter, nationalist and president of Bengal Swaraj Party, died at Ranchi. He was addresed by the people of Bengal as 'Deshapriya' (Beloved of the Country). |
| 2/2/2000 | The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry clears Ms. Deepa Mehta's film ''Water'' after the director agreed to make some changes in the script. |
| 3/3/1982 | Firaq Gorakhpuri ""Raghupati Sahay"", great writer, nationalist and who revolutionised Urdu poetry, died. |
| 10/15/1995 | PM leaves for a 12-day tour of Egypt, NAM Summit at Cartagena in Columbia and 50th year United Nations celebrations at New York. |
| 6/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay. |
| 4/30/1998 | Sukh Ram, former Union Minister, decides to resign as a Minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government. |
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