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Historical Event on 01/31/1561

Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/3/1994Election Commission recognises DMK headed by M. Karunanidhi as the rightful claimant to the symbol of rising sun and the flag reserved for it.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
5/16/1945Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away.
5/1/199560 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet.
9/25/1947Kashmir accedes to Indian Union.
3/4/1925Jyotirindranath Tagore, great Bengali litterateur and poet, passed away.
10/1/1886Baluchisthan became a part of India.
10/26/1995India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
1/26/1919Mohammad Cazzambhoy Ibrahim Khan, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests India vs West Indies 1948-49), was born in Bombay.