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Historical Event on 10/31/2000
Chhattisgarh, the 26th State of Indian Union, comes into existence with the swearing in of its Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahay and Chief Minister Ajit Jogi at a glittering function at Raipur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/9/1996 | India wins India-Pakistan World Cup Quater Final cricket match in Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was the last international match played by Javed Miandad. |
| 6/15/1991 | General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won. |
| 10/10/1977 | 61 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini. |
| 9/28/1924 | In penance for riots, Gandhi, on hunger strike in Delhi, proclaimed he would break his fast only at death. |
| 7/18/1909 | Vishnu Dey, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Bengali poet, was born. |
| 10/31/1962 | Krishna Menon, Home Minister, resign due to attack by China. |
| 10/1/1967 | Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited established. |
| 3/13/1878 | The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper. |
| 4/5/1993 | K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy, Andhra Pradesh's CM, defeats TDP's Renuka Chowdhary by 31,611 votes in the Panyam Assembly election. |
| 1/8/1965 | Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History. |
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