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Historical Event on 12/31/1984

Rajiv Gandhi was sworn is as the 6th Prime Minister of India. He succeeded his mother Indira Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India for a second time and first time after elections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1939Gandhi calls on world to disarm, thinks Hitler would follow.
4/18/1914Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1948-59, was born in Mumbai.
7/20/1998Mr. Jaswant Singh, Prime Minister's special envoy, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discuss nuclear non-proliferation and security-related issues in New Delhi.
6/22/1948Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles.
10/20/1999The Centre accepts the recommendations of the Backward Classes Commission on the inclusion of Jats and other backward classes (OBCs) in Rajasthan except Bharatpur and Dholpur districts.
8/1/1952Nationalised Airways at Safdarjung, New Delhi inaugurated by Nehru.
6/30/1914Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
11/12/1885Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born.
2/22/1854Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'.