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Historical Event on 7/31/1980

Muhammad Rafi, famous playback singer, died at the age of 40.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/20/1989Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", passed away.
5/19/1992Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh.
1/20/1949Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra.
5/10/1979Indy Khabra, Soccer(Football) player, was born.
3/10/1922Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati.
3/12/1993Powerful bomb blasts at twelve various places in Mumbai takes 317 lives.
1/24/1958First international Film Festival started in Mumbai.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
8/2/1891Padmashree V. P. Karmarkar (Nanasaheb), famous sculptor, was born.
12/19/1917Ashoknath Banerjee, Governor of Karnataka, was born.