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Historical Event on 1/31/1997

INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1928Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka.
3/22/199957 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district.
10/28/1996Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram.
12/5/1657Murad proclaimed himself Emperor of India.
11/22/1718Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain.
8/22/1919Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born.
5/17/1857Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
9/26/1979Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal.
5/5/1972Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away.
6/18/1956New Hindu Succession Act was passed.