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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 |
| 7/9/1999 | Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta. |
| 11/7/2000 | Indrajit Bhalotia wins the Wills Southern Open golf tournament. |
| 1/18/1997 | SC says telephone tapping is violation of fundamental rights but permits it by government in special circumstances. |
| 1/15/1977 | Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away. |
| 8/12/1868 | Frederick JNT Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of British-India (1916-21), was born. |
| 1/10/1908 | Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal. |
| 5/10/1910 | Robert Koch, nobel laureate, died of an heart attack. |
| 10/1/1867 | Dr. Hiralal, a distinguised historian, was born in Katni near Jabalpur. He compiled a descriptive catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Central Provinces and was an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India. He was also titled as "Rai Bahadur |
| 9/17/1879 | E.V. Ramaswami Naicker, prominent leader of Dravid movement and social reformer, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu. |
| 5/13/1971 | General Insurance nationalized. |
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