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Historical Event on 1/31/1992

LTTE Supremo, V. Prabhakaran, declared offender in Rajiv Gandhi murder case and ordered to surrender by a Madras court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/16/1986The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.
1/19/1948India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation in New York.
8/10/1894Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
9/27/1995Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi.
4/14/1988Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
6/4/1958The three-men Indian Mountaineering group successfully climbed the high Peak in the Garhwal Hills Range.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
3/10/2000Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.
8/23/1947Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn is as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.
10/1/1981Activists of the Dal Khalsa, who masterminded the hijacking of Indian Airlines plane. arrested.