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Historical Event on 3/31/1959

Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/15/1948Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union).
8/20/1993Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria.
8/9/1998India moves the World Trade Organisation against the European Union reimposing anti-dumping duties on unbleached cotton gray fabric imports.
4/16/1980Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final.
8/17/1848Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
10/21/2000Seema Antil becomes the first Indian ever to win a global title by bagging a gold medal in disc throw in the World Junior Athletic championship in Santiago.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
1/9/1923Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away.
12/13/1991Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India.