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Historical Event on 10/31/1984

Rajiv Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister of India by Gyani Zail Singh, President of India, at New Delhi. He held this office till December 1, 1989.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/30/1997Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam.
2/16/1923Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away.
1/26/1993Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest.
11/16/2000The Government to reduce equity holding in nationalised banks from 51 per cent to 33 per cent.
11/9/1972Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born.
6/23/1997Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.
8/17/1985Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India.
5/11/1911Shrimati Lalitadevi, wife of second Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri, was born.
11/21/1963First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.