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Historical Event on 1/31/1960

Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1961P. L. Deshpande played first solo drama 'Batatyachi Chawl'.
6/18/1991Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority.
3/5/1995Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away.
9/29/1914Japanese vessel 'Kamagata Maru' reached Baj Baj near Calcutta from Vancouver carrying Indian revolutionaries.
7/23/1996R. Bhattacharji was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He is heading this office till date.
6/18/1946First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.
6/7/1997At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.
11/12/1939Pratap Chandra Lal arrived at the training establishment at RAF Station, Risalpur. He then rose to the Air Chief Marcharl of Indian Air Force.
5/30/1950Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away.
5/8/1959Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China.