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Historical Event on 12/31/1961
99 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/31/1961 | Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni passed away in his capital. |
| 2/1/1971 | Ajaysingh Jadeja, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Jamnagar. |
| 6/30/1817 | Dadabhai Navroji, veteran leader and industrialist, died. |
| 2/18/1994 | India rejects OIC offer to mediate on Kashmir. |
| 6/27/1915 | Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, 3 test matches, 33 runs, vs Australia in 1947-48, was born at Mumbai. |
| 10/25/1999 | Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament. |
| 5/8/1997 | India decides to import currency notes for the first time. |
| 8/28/1904 | First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held. |
| 9/16/1997 | General Manager of Tata Tea remanded to judicial custody on charges of abetting and aiding ULFA. |
| 9/16/1997 | Emperor Humayun, son of Babar, was born in Kabul. |
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