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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 |
| 3/28/1947 | Abdul Bari, labour leader, passed away. |
| 12/8/1999 | Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999. |
| 11/6/1946 | P. S. Shivswami Iyyer, great politician and administrator, passed away. |
| 5/6/1971 | India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war. |
| 12/17/2000 | The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off. |
| 6/13/1997 | At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi. |
| 11/18/1997 | School bus plunges into the Yamuna killing 28 Delhi children. |
| 11/28/1998 | The Congress(I) wins the Assembly elections in Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. |
| 2/18/1988 | Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, freedom fighter, political leader, great social reformer, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, passed away. |
| 6/23/1997 | Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange. |
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