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Historical Event on 7/31/1992
Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1920 | Seth Darbari Shah, great industrialist, was born in Ikhlas. |
| 6/1/1945 | Tata Fundamental Research Institute was established. |
| 7/3/1751 | Pilaji Jadhav died. |
| 2/19/1994 | Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration. |
| 9/12/1786 | Lord Cornwallis was appointed, and became Governor General of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief Army Officer. |
| 9/5/1909 | Phiroze Edulji Palia, left-hand batsman and slow spin bowler, was born in Mumbai. He played in India's first Test at Lord's in 1932. |
| 10/22/2000 | The Supreme Court, in a significant order, erases Karnataka High Court judgement discharging former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa and his then private secretary R. Suribabu in a corruption case. |
| 6/17/1973 | Leander Vece Paes, tennis player who singles bronze at Atlanta Olympics (1996), was born. He was also a winner of French Open in 1999, Gold Flake Open, Newport 1998, Wimbledon 1999 (doubles and mixed doubles). |
| 8/29/1975 | Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away. |
| 5/16/1999 | Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister. |
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