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Historical Event on 10/31/1991

Karsevaks' hoist flags on Masjid in Ayodhya.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
7/25/1977Neelam Sanjiva Reddy became the sixth President of India. His held this office till July 25, 1982.
11/27/2000Supreme Court grants bail to four AIADMK men accused in the 2nd February Dharmapuri bus burning incident.
6/24/1980Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras.
9/4/1862Kaminikumar Chanda, social reformer and politician, was born.
11/5/1956University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
7/19/1974Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London.
8/22/1818Warren Hastings, first Governor General of India (1773-84), died at the age of 85.
5/1/1998India and Peru sign agreements on space technology and agriculture during the visit of Indian President K. R. Narayanan there.