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Historical Event on 1/31/1960
Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/14/1994 | C. V. Waran, veteran freedom fighter and social worker, passed away. |
| 6/18/1943 | British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India. |
| 5/30/1919 | Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. |
| 11/9/1897 | Kotamaraju Rama Rao, founder-editor of Lucknow's ""National Herald"", was born at Chirala. He was referred by Gandhiji as 'Fighting Edit |
| 1/1/1972 | Indian states abolished the previous rulers of Privy purses and privileges. |
| 6/30/1999 | India reiterates that any talks will resume only after Pakistan's unconditional withdrawal from Kargil. Meanwhile Indian Army continues to attack the Tiger Hill area and captures two positions in close proximity to Jubar features. The Election Commission says that Lok Sabha polls will be held as per schedule. |
| 4/24/1942 | Shri Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor, passed away at the age of 41. |
| 2/13/1994 | Dr. Krishnaprasad Mishra, 'Sahitya Academy Award' winner, Oria novelist and short story writer, passed away. |
| 2/2/1921 | Mukundrao Kirloskar was born. |
| 3/1/1962 | Gaya University renamed as Magadh University. |
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