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Historical Event on 1/31/1931

Gangadhar Mahambre, famous Mmarathi writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/12/1993RBI liberalises credit and monetary policy.
8/27/1997Daljeet Singh and Debi Bose set national records in the Federation Cup athletics at Chennai in javelin throw and hurdles respectively.
11/12/1958Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
6/3/1977K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress.
12/16/1997Mamata Banerjee, Congress(I) rebel, declares that she would seek recognition and separate symbol for her ""Trinamul Congress'' and contest elections on her own.
12/6/1997Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands.
7/25/1958Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, inaugurated.
8/1/1672The East India Company and the English law was for the first time intorduced in India. It was set up as directed by the Court of Judicature.
3/21/1939Gandhi calls on world to disarm, thinks Hitler would follow.
6/8/1948Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.