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Historical Event on 12/31/1943
Ben Kingsley Scarborough, English actor (Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/22/2000 | Bhaktavar Lentin (72), former Judge of the Bombay High Court, died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Mumbai. |
| 3/5/1989 | Bhagwat Jha Azad, Bihar CM, resigns. |
| 2/21/1997 | J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner. |
| 12/28/1998 | India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past. |
| 2/17/1994 | Chimanbhai Patel, chief minister of Gujrat, passed away at the age of 65 years. |
| 4/24/1995 | K. Karunakaran elected to Rajya Sabha. |
| 7/7/1995 | Rajan Pillai, 47, died because of denial of timely medical attention by Tihar jail authorities and also within 24 hours of rejection of his plea for medical treatment at Escorts Hospital by the court. |
| 10/1/1990 | Justice Ranganath Mishra appointed Chief Justice of Supreme Court. |
| 8/2/1987 | Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title. |
| 9/30/1999 | Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature. |
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