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Historical Event on 1/31/1946
Subroto Guha, cricketer (right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69), was born in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/4/1905 | More than 10,000 people are feared to have perished in an earthquake that hit the northeast Indian province of Lahore during the night. The town of Dharmsala was almost completely razed to the ground with the entire population rendered homeless and sleeping out in icy conditions. Five hundred Gurkha soldiers were buried alive when their stonebuilt barracks collapsed on them. The towns of Kangra and Palampur have also been leveled to the ground by the worst natural disaster measured at 8 on Ricter Scale. In Lahore, 70 Hindus were killed, Muslim inhabitants were parading in the streets, weeping and offering up prayers with ceremonial rites. Several British administrators and missionaries were known to have been killed or injured. At Simla, Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy, had a close escape from death when a chimney crashed into the room in which she was sleeping. |
| 5/4/1990 | Supreme Court directs Central Government to set up a Tribunal to resolve Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. |
| 10/28/1998 | The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists. |
| 6/24/1990 | President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council. |
| 7/8/1996 | Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996). |
| 8/15/1918 | Hans Kumar Tiwari, famous poet and translater, was born. |
| 7/4/1985 | Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi. |
| 10/16/1999 | Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). |
| 2/10/1961 | P. L. Deshpande played first solo drama 'Batatyachi Chawl'. |
| 1/2/1754 | Robert Clive again attacked and annexed Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah. |
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