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Historical Event on 12/31/1961
99 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/23/1918 | Saraswati Devi (Smt) Illindala, great Hindi writer, journalist and social worker, was born at Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 7/10/1984 | White Paper on Punjab released by Union Government. |
| 9/1/1976 | Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi. |
| 7/1/1975 | Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, declared a 20-point economic programme. |
| 10/24/1945 | UNO Day. |
| 5/8/1995 | Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83. |
| 9/30/1908 | Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi novelist, was born. |
| 2/4/1990 | Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India. |
| 6/11/1946 | Viceroy interviewed Gandhiji, and mooted proposal of Coalition Government at Centre. |
| 7/12/1994 | India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad. |
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