Today Importance - 31th January

Today Importance - 31th January

31-Jan-1561

Akbar's Wazir-e-Azzam 'Bairam Khan' killed the Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani (whose father Bairam Khan had been killed) at Paten in Gujarat in the Battle of Machhiwara.

31-Jan-1896

Bhartiya Jnanpith awardee and Kannada poet Dattatray Ramachandra was born in Bander.

31-Jan-1903

SMTP Sharda Bhimrao Dewan, the Educationist, is born.

31-January-1931

Famous Marathi writer Gangadhar Mahamari was born.

31-January-1941

Second Lieutenant Reminder Singh Bhagat, Bombay Sappers, displayed unparalleled bravery and inspirational leadership while commanding a detachment of 21 Field Company of Bombay Sappers on the road to Gondar in Abyssinia. Hence, he was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) and became the first Indian commissioned officer to receive the Victoria Cross (VC).

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31-Jan-1946

Subrata Guha, cricketer (Indian right-arm swing bowler 1967–69), born in Kolkata.

31-Jan-1948

In the wake of Gandhi's assassination, the city was engulfed in riots.

31-Jan-1949

The Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decided to merge their kingdoms into Bombay.

31-Jan-1958

The first Earth satellite, Explorer I, was launched from Cape Kennedy.

31-Jan-1960

In Lahore, Malka Singh covered a distance of 200 meters in 20.7 seconds.

31-Jan-1961

The first Chief Minister of Bihar Dr. Shri Krishna Sinha passed away.

31-Jan-1963

The peacock has been declared the national bird of India.

31-Jan-1969

Saint Maher Baba passed away.

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31-Jan-1976

Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehran, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.

31-Jan-1983

The first floating dry dock was opened at Howrah.

31-Jan-1985

The Lok Sabha unanimously passed the Anti-Defection Bill under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment. It prevents people's representatives from joining political parties.

31-Jan-1986

Renowned music director Shri Vishwanath More passed away.

31-Jan-1992

LTTE supremo, V. Prabhakaran was convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and ordered to surrender by a Madras court.

31-Jan-1992

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has been given statutory powers as an autonomous body.

31-Jan-1994

Milind Desai, 12, youngest editor of Gujarati journalism, dies of leukemia.

31-Jan-1994

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered plastic surgery by the Amritsar Police to remove the 'Jebaktri' tattoo on the forehead of four women.

31-Jan-1995

ISRO and Intelsat signed a $100 m 10-year contract to lease some capabilities of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).

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31-Jan-1996

Asia's first sports university inaugurated in Pune

31-Jan-1997

The government has increased the amount of gold that non-residents can bring into the country to 10 kg. (from existing 5).

31-Jan-1997

INS Vikrant, the first aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy, de-commissioned.

31-Jan-1997

The merger of SCICI and ICICI was ratified with effect from 1/4/1996

31-Jan-1998

Doctor. Karthikeyan became the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (up to 31/03/98).

31-Jan-2000

All seven accused in the Jain Hawala case acquitted

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