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Historical Event on 7/31/1985

Lalit Maken, Congress (I) M.P, his wife and a visitor at their residence in Delhi were shot down by terrorists.

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10/13/1998India, Mauritius sign an agreement on civil aviation in New Delhi in the presence of its two Prime Ministers.
12/25/1994Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, died in Chandigarh at the age of 78.
5/9/1997Hareesh Khandelwal, an accused in the fodder scam, commits suicide by jumping before a train at Dhanbad in Bihar.
5/27/1999Sharad Pawar, Tariq Anwar and P.A. Sangma launch the Nationalist Congress Party.
8/20/1993Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria.
4/1/1998Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000.