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Historical Event on 10/31/1999

Efforts to restore rail and telecom links on a war footing.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
9/17/1937Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.
2/21/1991Opposition boycotts the President's address as a protest against the dismissal of Tamil Nadu government.
5/17/1957Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
6/25/1945Lord Vevil talk to the Indian political leaders.
2/12/1949Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978).
1/26/1882Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.
9/6/2000Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1.
5/16/1975Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union.