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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.

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3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.
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6/30/1981President's rule imposed in Assam.
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11/19/1835Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar.
8/5/1965Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service.
1/7/1928Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born.
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.
2/10/1921Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated Kashi Vidya Peeth.
4/27/1986Congress (I) expels former Union Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee from the party for 6 years.