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Historical Event on 1/31/1931

Gangadhar Mahambre, famous Mmarathi writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/21/1990Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
6/12/1897Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll).
5/19/1979Pandit Hajari Prasad Dwivedi passed away.
7/14/1998India is elected chairperson of the World Intellectual Property Organisation's standing panel on information technology in relation to Intellectual Property Rights.
3/30/1994G-15 summit in New Delhi decides to set up a trade panel.
3/8/1995Dr. Duranand Kanhan Pillai, great litterateur of Malyali language, died.
11/20/1888Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur.
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
1/12/1993Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.