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Historical Event on 1/31/1994

Milind Desai, 12, the youngest editor in Gujarati journalism, died of leukemia.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1920Seth Darbari Shah, great industrialist, was born in Ikhlas.
4/10/1982Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna started by Indira Gandhi.
10/29/1992Komar Singh, the first Indian Ambassador to Israel, presented credentials to President Chain Herzog in Jerusalem.
9/17/1997Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
2/11/1968Deendayal Upadhyaya, great philosopher, litterateur, social worker, thinker and founder of Jansangh, passed away.
10/26/1950Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
12/4/1999Uman J. Shah is sworn in West Bengal Governor.
8/4/1937Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, famous lawyer, philosopher, ancient researcher and eminent historian, died at Patna.