Events in March 2004
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Mar. 1
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India pledges $ 500 million credit to eight West African countries who together with New Delhi form TEAM-9 or Techno-Economic Approach for Africa-India Movement. . |
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France confers Chevalier de l'ordre National de la Legion d' Honneur on noted scientist, P.G.S. Mony, at a function in New Delhi. |
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Mar. 3
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Rajiv Vijayaraghavan's Margam bags the best feature film award and Nedumudi Venu, Meera Jasmine are adjudged the best actor, actress at the Kerala State Film Awards 2003 function in Thiruvananthapuram. |
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Mar. 4
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The former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior Congress leader, S. Bangarappa, joins the BJP. |
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The Centre appoints Kunwar Singh, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes chairperson. |
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The first-ever trilateral commission meeting of the India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum, in New Delhi decides not to admit new members. (The grouping was floated in Brasilia in June 2003). |
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Mar. 5
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India and Israel sign a $ 1.1 billion Phalcon deal, their biggest-ever bilateral defence pact. |
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The J&K Assembly passes the Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Bill, 2004 seeking to disqualify women's permanent resident status if they married a non-resident. |
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The Government hikes the FDI ceiling in private banks from 49 to 74 per cent and allows foreign banks to set up subsidiaries in the country. |
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Mar. 11
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The Opposition National Conference expels the J&K Legislative Council Chairman, Abdul Rashid Dar from the party, for adjourning the House sine die without any voting on the Permanent Resident (Disqualification Bill, 2004). |
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Mar. 12
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The Yashwantrao Chavan National Award for 2003 is conferred on eminent cartoonist, R.K. Laxman. |
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Mar. 13
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The Purno Sangma NCP breakaway faction merges with the Trinamool Congress forming the "Nationalist Trinamool Congress," in New Delhi. |
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Mar. 19
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The veteran Congress leader, K. Karunakaran, the former CEC, M.S. Gill and the SGPC chief, G.S. Tohra among eight elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha. |
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Mar. 23
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Suspected Kuki militants gun down 26 Karbi villagers in two separate incidents in Assam's Karbi Anglong district. |
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Mar. 25
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Burglars steal Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel Prize medallion, memorabilia from the Tagore museum in Shantiniketan, Kolkata. |
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Mar. 30
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Senior Congressman, P. Shivshanker, quits party. |
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Mar. 31
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Japan gives a Rs. 5,270-crore soft loan for eight projects under the ODA package. |
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The Femina Miss India-2004 (World), Laxmi Pandit returns crown following allegations that she was married prior to the contest, held on Mar. 27. |
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