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Historical Event on 7/31/1912

Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/3/1953Laxmanrao Parvatkar (Khaprumama), famous Tabla player, passed away.
10/10/1896Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, was born at Jorhat, Assam.
8/21/1987Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992).
2/25/1897Dr. Amarnath Jha, educationist, was born.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
10/26/1930Gulal Bai Parekar, a14-year-old girl led a 13-girls team to hoist the national flag at Esplanade Park. A police sargeant tried to snach the flag and then kidnapped her.
5/12/1992Ms. Santosh Yadav (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) becomes the second Indian woman to set foot atop Mt. Everest.
5/12/1992Shahaji Raje Bhosale, father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was born.
8/4/1933Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order.
6/18/1946First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.