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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
2/22/1996Madanlal Khurana, Delhi CM, resigns (Hawala scandal).
10/26/1995India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan.
12/24/2000The Government re-instates Dr. R.S.Paroda as the Director-General of the ICAR.
11/24/1930Chandrakant Trimbak Patankar, cricketer ( wicket keeper in one Test India vs NZ 1955-56), was born in Pen, Maharashtra.
5/5/1972Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away.
10/26/1950Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
8/10/1988Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue.
8/18/199112 LTTE militants commit suicide.
3/11/1997Chennai police seize a large quantity of powerful explosives and arrest two Muslim fundamentalists.