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Historical Event on 7/31/1992

Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1997India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi.
11/14/1969Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi.
1/29/1977Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/02/1978.
6/18/1896Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras.
6/10/1955Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.
7/22/1959Ananth Kumar was born in Banglore. He is a Minister in Vajpayee's Government.
2/22/1944Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
11/13/1953Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi.
11/29/1953Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague.
4/1/1941Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972).