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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
11/30/1858Jagdish Chandra Bose, botonist and physics expert, was born at Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh).
11/28/1990President's rule imposed in Assam. Assembly kept in suspended animation. United Liberation Front of Assam and National Socialist Council of Nagaland banned.
4/11/1942All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi.
7/3/1991Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% .
7/7/1763Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
7/19/1955Roger Michael Humphery Binny, Indian medium-pace all-rounder early eighties, was born at Bangalore.
4/18/2000The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players.
7/12/1994India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad.
3/18/1974Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away.