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Historical Event on 10/31/1990
Religious clashes between Hindus and Muslims leave more than 180 people dead.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/23/1924 | Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut. |
2/1/1942 | 17 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees. |
11/13/1995 | The Supreme Court in an unanimous 65-page verdict declares that patients who received deficient services from the medical profession and hospitals were entitled to claim damages under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. |
6/4/1992 | Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested. |
3/14/1998 | Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri. |
10/27/1907 | Sardar Bhagat Singh, the great martyr, was born in village Banga, Lyallpur (now in Pakistsan) in a reputed Sikh freedom fighter's family. |
11/24/1963 | Marotrao Kannamwar, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, passed away. |
12/3/1971 | During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began. |
3/13/1997 | Sister Nirmala Joshi, 63, is chosen to succeed Mother Teresa as the Superior-General of Missionaries of Charity. |
9/18/1967 | English was adopted the official language of Nagaland . |
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