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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 |
1/1/1920 | Seth Darbari Shah, great industrialist, was born in Ikhlas. |
4/10/1982 | Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna started by Indira Gandhi. |
10/29/1992 | Komar Singh, the first Indian Ambassador to Israel, presented credentials to President Chain Herzog in Jerusalem. |
9/17/1997 | Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998. |
7/21/1947 | Indian 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. |
2/11/1968 | Deendayal Upadhyaya, great philosopher, litterateur, social worker, thinker and founder of Jansangh, passed away. |
10/26/1950 | Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India. |
7/22/1918 | During 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. |
12/4/1999 | Uman J. Shah is sworn in West Bengal Governor. |
8/4/1937 | Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, famous lawyer, philosopher, ancient researcher and eminent historian, died at Patna. |
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