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Historical Event on 1/31/1969
Saint Meherbaba passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/9/1841 | Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), was born. |
| 11/30/1998 | Sonia Gandhi names Ashok Ghelot and Sheila Dixit as Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Delhi respectively. |
| 10/6/1862 | Indian Penal Code was notified. However, it was implemented from 1st January 1862. |
| 11/17/1986 | SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman. |
| 10/2/1869 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) born to a Bania (trading caste) family at Porbander, Kathiawar. He was the youngest of the three sons of Karamchand alias Kaba Gandhi, Prime Minister successively in Porbunder, Rajkot and Vankaner States, and his fourth wife Putlibai. |
| 2/8/1897 | Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 1/3/1871 | Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died. |
| 1/20/1817 | Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College. |
| 5/1/1923 | Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India. |
| 9/16/1990 | Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War. |
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