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Historical Event on 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.

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5/8/1990A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property.
11/24/1963Marotrao Kannamwar, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, passed away.
3/15/1983Farukh Abdul Latif, great politician and journalist, was born.
6/7/1606Guru Arjundev, fifth Guru of Sikhs, passed away.
11/9/1904Panchanan Maheshwari was born in Jaipur, Rajasthan. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers with different embryological studies. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchanani
7/29/1994Indian army kills 27 Muslem militants.
9/4/1993New Bank of India merged with Punjab National Bank.
1/7/1990President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government.
9/3/1767Colonel Smith was defeated in the battle of Changama that took place between the combined forces of Nizam and Hyder Ali and the British army. This was the first war of Mysore. The British concluded a humiliating peace with Hyder Ali of Mysore.
3/20/1904Charles Freer Andrews came to India as a Christian Missionary and joined the staff of St. Stephen's College in Delhi.