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Historical Event on 3/10/2000

Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/26/1997Vice President Krishan Kant takes over as Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
11/10/1698East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time.
11/16/1983Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game.
9/11/1948Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State.
5/14/1953Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957.
4/1/2000Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi.
3/13/1997H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.
11/22/1989Rajindernath, great Indian wicketkeeper 1 Test and 0 runs 0 ct, 4 stp, passed away.
3/4/1996India and EU agree on a plan to boost trade ties.
1/24/1997Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary.