Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, the creator of the country’s Constitution, was honored with the highest civilian honor ‘Bharat Ratna’ on 31 March 1990, recognizing his invaluable contribution towards the country and society. ‘Babasaheb’ Bhimrao Ambedkar actively participated in India’s freedom struggle and continued fighting against social discrimination throughout his life.
After independence, his role became even more important, when he was entrusted with the responsibility of drafting the constitution of the nation.
Important Events On 31 March in History
The sequential details of other important events recorded on the date of 31 March in the history of the country and the world are as follows:-
1504: Birth of Sikh Guru Angad Dev Ji. He was the second Guru of the Sikhs after Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
31 March 1727: Isaac Newton, one of the world’s greatest physicists, died in London at the age of 84.
1870: For the first time in America, a black citizen voted. This was a major success in providing equal rights to blacks.
1921: The flag of the Indian National Congress was adopted.
1959: Tibetan religious leader Dalai Lama reached the Indian border with his 20 disciples. He left on foot from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, on March 17 and reached India safely through the Khenziman Pass.
1964: Electric trams were discontinued in Bombay (now Mumbai).
1980: America’s great sprinter Jesse Owens passes away.
Owens won four gold medals for his country at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
1981: Four of the five Indonesian terrorists who hijacked a domestic plane were killed in Bangkok, Thailand. All 55 people on board the plane are safe. Terrorists had hijacked the plane on March 28 and taken it to Bangkok to release 80 people jailed in Indonesia.
1983: Nearly 5,000 people died in an earthquake in Colombia.
31 March 1990: Constitution maker Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar was posthumously awarded the highest civilian honor ‘Bharat Ratna’.
2004: 175 people died in a fire in a nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2007: Michael Phelps won six gold medals in the World Swimming Championships.
2008: Announcement of giving ‘Vyas Samman’ for the year 2007 of KK Birla Foundation to Krishna Sobti. Revati Menon was awarded ‘Dayavati Modi Stree Shakti Samman, in 2007’.
2008: 12 people were killed in a bomb blast near a Pak Air Force bus.
2011: According to the latest census data, India’s population increased by 17.64 percent in the last ten years to reach 121 crore.
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