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Historical Event on 3/31/1935
374 infants wed at a mass ceremony.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/14/1967 | Saba Karim, Indian ODI wicket-keeper 1997, was born. |
1/18/1936 | Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), famous English writer and author, died in Burwash, England at 70. He was a young journalist in British India. He wrote in verses, stories, novels childen's stories some of these were ""The Jungle Book, Kim and Just-50 stories"" and was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for 'Kim' (Indian based story). |
7/18/1997 | Fifth Pay Commission report approved by Central Govt. |
11/19/1835 | Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'. |
10/16/1922 | M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born. |
2/1/1942 | No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers. |
8/2/1980 | Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died. |
9/7/1931 | The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution. |
9/7/1931 | Guru Angad Dev, Sikh Guru, passed away. |
7/1/1975 | Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, declared a 20-point economic programme. |
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