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Historical Event on 3/31/1995
Bombay beat Punjab in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/8/1930 | British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists. |
| 8/12/1966 | Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis. |
| 6/12/1897 | Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll). |
| 12/5/1935 | Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born. |
| 4/5/1987 | The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC). |
| 10/3/1977 | Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi. |
| 4/1/1882 | Savings Bank Postal system was introduced. |
| 2/1/2000 | The Centre decides to place almost all items under the automatic approval route for foreign direct investment and NRI and OCB investments. |
| 12/22/1994 | Sunil Gavaskar takes oath of office as the Sheriff of Bombay. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
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