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Historical Event on 7/31/1916
Mohanlal Sukhadia, chief minister of Rajasthan and freedom fighter, was born at Jhalawar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/29/1970 | Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March. |
| 9/25/2000 | A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985. |
| 1/16/1954 | Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous artist, sculptor, filmmaker and producer, died. |
| 6/5/1882 | Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned. |
| 8/13/1928 | Nationalists issue a draft constitution calling for dominion status and a two-chamber parliament. |
| 2/4/1991 | An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth. |
| 5/31/1928 | Pankaj Khirod Roy, cricketer (Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad), was born in Calcutta. He was the recipient of Padmashree (1975). |
| 3/30/1908 | Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born. |
| 8/2/1984 | 32 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport. |
| 12/16/2000 | Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International. |
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