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Historical Event on 1/31/1961
Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, first Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/27/1994 | Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away. |
| 5/5/1992 | Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched. |
| 10/29/1996 | Kamini' (Kalpakkam Mini), a 30 KW research reactor which uses man-made Uranium-233 as fuel and the only working reactor of its kind in the world, attains 'criticality'. |
| 10/14/1999 | Sheikh Shamim, an Indian, is hanged for espionage in Pakistan. |
| 5/21/1996 | General Election (11th) of India ended. |
| 8/30/1934 | Balkrishna Pandharinath Gupte ""Baloo"", cricketer (brother of Fergie, Indian leggie), was born in Bombay. |
| 8/28/1906 | Chintamani Govind (Mama Pendse), great actor, was born. |
| 8/1/1963 | Soviets offer India arms to block China. |
| 6/25/1888 | Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born. |
| 7/10/1949 | Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980). |
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