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Historical Event on 12/31/1941
Milkha Singh Govindsingh Amritsar, cricketer (brother of Kripal Singh, Indian batsman in 4 Tests), was born in Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/20/1982 | Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. |
| 12/17/1905 | Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 10/23/1973 | Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died. |
| 5/7/1834 | East India Company annexed Coorg. King Raja Veer Rajendra, who was a cruel ruler, after formally declaring a war had captured Durg State. |
| 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. |
| 10/16/1920 | B. Sathyaji Rao, cricket Test umpire for 17 tests from 1960-79, was born in Karnataka. |
| 6/2/1984 | Army takes control in Punjab as 22 people are killed in Sikh struggle for autonomy. The state is declared a restricted area under the Foreigners' Act. |
| 7/2/2000 | At least 30 people had died after a boat collapsed in Kumla river near Pratapur in Madhubani district of Bihar. |
| 12/5/1951 | Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away. |
| 1/24/1966 | Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board. |
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