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Historical Event on 1/31/1996

Asia's first Sports University inaugurated in Pune.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/17/1899First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa.
5/2/1908Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.
1/10/1693Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and he was laid to rest.
12/12/1971Sadik Gulam Muhammad, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, died.
8/14/1947Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage.
9/26/1932Gandhiji breaks fast on Indian government's acceptance of his demand regarding Harijans.
4/1/1992ESI ceiling of Rs. 3000 comes into effect.
6/17/1887Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader and Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, was born.
11/27/1778Joseph Lin flew upto 2,286 meters high with the help of a baloon.
7/29/1993Two bills seeking to delink religion from politics and to empower the EC to debar parties with religious names introduced in Lok Sabha.