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Historical Event on 7/31/1997

Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/30/1996Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard.
5/8/1996Poll counting begins.
1/14/1982First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.
9/30/1999India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'.
9/12/1899Vibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, world famous Bengali novelist, was born.
6/4/1997Fourth Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1D), carring advanced remote sensing cameras launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-1D), in service.
1/3/1946Three High Ranked Officers of Azad Hind Fauj were released by Gen. C. Auchinleck.
10/26/1891Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, was born.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
4/15/1975India recognises the Sihanouk Government in Cambodia.