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Historical Event on 1/31/1903
Smt. Sharda Bhaurao Diwan, educationalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/10/1997 | Kerala becomes the first state to have public telephones in all its villages, accessible over STD/ISD from any part of the world. |
| 5/6/1952 | Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education. |
| 2/12/1742 | Nana Phadnavis, one of the important members of Peshwa kingdom and the Maratha master-diplomat, was born. |
| 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. |
| 11/22/1993 | Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna. |
| 5/21/1966 | General Election (11th) of India ends. |
| 1/19/1966 | Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs. |
| 11/19/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee approves formation of the National Security Council, a new high-power hub, to give policy directions to safeguard the country's security. |
| 4/6/1955 | Vinayak Maharaj Masurkar, great Samarth Saint, died. |
| 9/18/1972 | India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971. |
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