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Historical Event on 7/31/1993

Transport operators begin nation-wide strike.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/23/1911Rappal Sangmeshwar Krishnan, noted physics expert of India, was born.
3/24/1987First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
8/9/1942Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore.
3/11/1990Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away.
5/25/1965Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.
1/12/2000T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired.
4/1/1882Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.
4/1/1882Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated.
1/28/1976Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park.