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Historical Event on 7/31/1993

Transport operators begin nation-wide strike.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1929At the Lahore session, under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress adopted a resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence), the slogan given by Gandhiji. The tricolour flag of freedom was unfurled and 26th January 1930 was decided to be celebrated as Independence day every year. This session led to Civil Disobedience Movement, Dandi March to break the Salt Law, etc.
5/15/1992CBI begins probe into the security scam.
8/15/2000Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword"".
7/23/1923Navinchandra Chimanlal Pandya, great educationist, was born at Prantij, Ahmedabad.
9/3/1994The government decides to disinvest government holding in 21 Public Sector Units including ITI, IOC and ITDC.
7/1/1997Over 23,000 blowdowns completed in 1.2 m tunnel.
10/15/1946Victor Banerjee, actor (A Passage to India), was born in Calcutta, India.
3/21/1973Yashwant Ramkrishna Date, great Marathi dictionary creator, passed away.
5/27/1957Copyright Act was passed.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.