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Historical Event on 1/31/1903
Smt. Sharda Bhaurao Diwan, educationalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/18/1912 | Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay. |
| 2/11/1861 | Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal. |
| 6/5/1984 | Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab. |
| 5/17/1976 | 4 Indians successfully skied down from the slope of Trishul peak. |
| 1/10/1993 | Atleast 15 people are killed in Bombay on the 5th day of riots between Hindus and Muslims. |
| 10/16/1971 | David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere. |
| 2/11/1996 | Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India for a week-long visit. |
| 2/14/1658 | Dara Sulaiman Shukoh was defeated in the struggle for Delhi throne Shuja's in the battle of Bahadurpur near Varanasi. |
| 9/6/1674 | Faced with a critical situation, De la Haye had to capitulate and surrender St Thome to the Dutch who allowed the Sultan of Golconda to re-occupy it. |
| 2/15/1992 | Sain Swami Gangeshwaranandji, chief of `Udasin Sampraday', passed away. |
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