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Historical Event on 7/31/1940

Udham Singh, fiery revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by the British Government in the Pantone Villa Jail, London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1879Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born.
7/15/1986India protests against China's intrusion of six to seven km into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh.
7/2/1961Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex.
8/3/1954Atomic Energy Department established.
11/16/1995Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras.
4/22/1994Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM.
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
6/3/1992Kerala CM K. Karunakaran injured in a road accident.
8/27/1998India's cricket sensation Sachin Tendulkar has an audience with the legendary Sir Don Bradman at the latter's 90th birthday celebrations in Adelaide.