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Historical Event on 7/31/1997

V. Thangapandian (64), Tamil Nadu Commercial Taxes Minister, died at Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar district.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1930Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
7/1/1999The Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP) of Shankersinh Waghela merges with Congress(I).
4/17/1675Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked the Fonda fort and won Karwar.
11/1/1949Thomason Collage at Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, was raised to the status of an Engineering University - the first of its kind in India.
9/17/1954India outlaws bigamy.
10/18/19921,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.
1/6/1987Establishment of 'Maharashtra Journalist Fund' Trust.
10/30/1996Pop star Michael Jackson arrives in Bombay.
8/27/1910Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], nobel Prize awardee and social worker, was born in Skopje, Macedonia in Yugoslavia.
4/2/1970Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.