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Historical Event on 1/31/1941
Second Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat of the Bombay Sappers showed an act of unparalleled bravery and inspiring leadership when commanding a detachment of 21 Field company of the Bombay Sappers on the road to Gondar, in Abyssinia. Hence, The Victoria Cross (VC) was bestowed upon him and he became the first Indian Commissioned Officer receipeant of The Victoria Cross (VC).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/8/1901 | British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population. |
| 1/26/1999 | 21 dalits are gunned down by the Ranbit Sena in Jahanabad district in Bihar. |
| 3/9/1902 | Edward Durell Stone, US architect (US Embassy, New Delhi), was born. |
| 10/1/1997 | Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries. |
| 3/3/1983 | Seventh Non-Aligned Summit started at New Delhi. |
| 9/9/1997 | G. K. Moopanar, Tamil Maanila Congress president, and his party colleagues Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, and Peter Alphonse, resign from Rajya Sabha membership following a petition filed by Shiv Sena member Sanjay Nirupam seeking their disqualification 'for defecting from Congress(I)'. |
| 3/16/1946 | India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'. |
| 6/23/1997 | India and Pakistan reach accord on joint working groups to address outstanding issues including Kashmir and Siachen. |
| 6/4/1953 | University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru. |
| 9/18/1909 | Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born. |
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