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Historical Event on 3/31/1935

374 infants wed at a mass ceremony.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1814Sir Alexander Canningham, Indian Archeologist, was born.
4/21/1997Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal.
12/1/1900Chidambaranar Thiru Thamizaringar, great author, journalist and homeopath, was born at Sirukadambur, Tamil Nadu.
11/9/1999Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour.
8/16/1901Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.
7/12/1965Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore.
4/15/1947Issues with Jinnah a joint appeal for communal peace.
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
2/19/200018 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai.
10/10/1964Olympics opened at Tokyo