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Historical Event on 7/31/1912

Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/2000Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore.
6/13/1932Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died.
9/3/2000National Cricket Academy (NCA) wins the MRF Buchi Babu Cricket tournament in Chennai.
11/11/1888Acharya Kripalani, nationalist and member of the Parliament, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.
11/16/1995Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
5/20/1878Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.
12/15/1908Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala.
8/8/1972Olympics open at Munich (26).
1/26/1957India annexes Kashmir, Constitution for incorporation with India goes into effect.