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Historical Event on 10/31/1997

Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1966Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
8/1/1920Kirloskar, monthly magzine, was published.
12/1/1989V. P. Singh is named the new prime minister.
12/1/1989Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, was born.
5/12/1987Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.
9/24/1998In his address to the UN General Assembly, PM Vajpayee said that India wouldl not come in the way of implementing CTBT and may sign it conditionally by September 1999.
12/10/1998Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
1/31/1994Punjab and Haryana High Court orders plastic surgery to remove 'Jebkatri' (pickpocket) tattooed on the forehead of four women by Amritsar Police.
8/27/1604Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar.
5/23/1996Joint Opposition candidate Purno A. Sangma (Cong. MP from Meghalaya) unanimously elected Speaker of 11th Lok Sabha.