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Historical Event on 7/31/1948
State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/23/1903 | Chandra Shekhar Azad was born Today in 1903 |
| 1/24/1996 | H.K.L. Bhagat, senior Congress politician and former minister, arrested in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case. |
| 12/1/1991 | Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara. |
| 11/25/1999 | Madras HC sets aside Tamil Nadu Governor Fathima Beevi's order rejecting the mercy petitions of four accused in Rajiv Gandhi case. |
| 6/25/1998 | Sikh high priests exonerate the Akali Dal leader and chief of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, of charges of violating a ``Hukumnama'' (religious edict) issued by the Akal Takht, which prescribed a complete boycott of the members of the Nirankari missions for their ''blasphemous'' activities. |
| 4/7/2000 | The Delhi police unearth a multicrore cricket betting and match- fixing racket involving five South African cricketers, including the captain Hansie Cronje. A Delhi-based Indian operator Rajesh Kalra put behind bars. |
| 1/22/1989 | Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds. |
| 12/5/1990 | With the induction of 60 ministers, the Bihar Cabinet becomes the largest ever cabinet in India with a total of 71 ministers. |
| 1/22/1986 | Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
| 1/30/1882 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, great leader and social reformer, was born at Hyde Park, New York. |
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