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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
7/1/1989Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established.
7/27/199511 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes.
12/14/1985Rajiv Gandhi joins the leaders of Greece, Sweden, Tanzania, Mexico and Argentina in a tele-conference as part of the UN ceremony at which they are honoured with the 'Beyond War' award.
4/11/1999India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile.
12/1/1994Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
9/23/1996Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).
9/19/1704Guru Govind Singh died.
1/22/1992Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private.