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Historical Event on 7/31/1938

Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1997At least 50 Pakistan soldiers were killed and several injured in a retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Nowgam, Uri and Kupwara sectors. Firing had been intermittent along LoC.
7/28/1946Sister Alphonsa, good teacher and social worker, died at Bharananganam.
8/25/1981Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress.
8/23/1947Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn is as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
7/18/1947Indian Independence Act, signed by King George VI, was proclaimed as Indian Freedom Act, 1947.
1/4/1907Govind Rai, renowned Gujarati novelist and writer of 'Saraswati Chandra', passed away.
9/2/1970President V. V. Giri inaugurated, Vivekanand Rock Memorial' at Kanyakumari.
7/31/18619,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam becomes a world record.