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Historical Event on 1/31/1986
Shri Vishwanath More, famous music director, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/12/1757 | Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel. |
| 12/23/1998 | Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour. |
| 5/19/1956 | The Indian govt. bans six U.S. and two British films for presenting a 'disparaging' impression of life in Africa, including 'African Queen' and 'Mogambo' at New Delhi. |
| 6/4/1997 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana. |
| 4/8/1919 | Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns. |
| 11/19/1992 | M. Veerappa Moily selected to become the new CM of Karnataka. |
| 2/1/1992 | Mohan Choty, comedy film actor, passed away. |
| 9/17/1938 | Dilip Purushottam Chitre, famous Marathi poet, story writer, critic and Sahitya Academy awardee, was born. |
| 7/31/1946 | Jinnah threatens sanctions of ""Direct Action"". |
| 10/15/1918 | Shirdi ke Saibaba' better known as 'Saibaba' passed away at Shirdi near Nashik, Maharashtra. He was around 70. Born in a Brahmin family at Patri village in Hyderabad, he was saint to all caste and creed people. |
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