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Historical Event on 12/31/1984

Rajiv Gandhi was sworn is as the 6th Prime Minister of India. He succeeded his mother Indira Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India for a second time and first time after elections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1960Maharashtra State Sahkari Grihvitta Corporation was established.
4/10/1955India and Vietnam affirm the Panchsheel.
4/22/1915Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born.
12/17/1972New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.
7/7/1917Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born.
6/6/1997Five killed and 17 injured in a bus explosion in Gurdaspur district of Punjab.
2/18/1911World' s first official airmail flight service with 6,500 letters and post cards was made between Bamrauli to Naini (Allahabad) on February 18, 1911.
9/22/1789Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department.
5/17/1980V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.
8/9/1997Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.