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Historical Event on 1/31/1994
Milind Desai, 12, the youngest editor in Gujarati journalism, died of leukemia.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/5/1968 | Narottam Nagar, veteran hindi writer, passed away. |
2/5/1968 | While returning to his country, Timur Lung looted and destroyed Delhi and parts of North India including Hardwar, the Ganga pilgrimage town, and crossed Sindhu River. |
9/1/1995 | Chandrababu Naidu assumes office as the new CM of Andhra Pradesh. |
12/20/1969 | Nihalsingh Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Dehli and Governor of Rajasthan, died. |
8/1/1905 | Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/. |
4/12/1967 | Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 24/02/1968. |
3/9/1993 | 14 bus passengers burnt to death in Andhra . |
12/25/1994 | Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, died in Chandigarh at the age of 78. |
1/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College. |
8/1/1990 | Devi Lal, Dy. PM, dropped from Union Cabinet following wild charges he made against colleagues in an interview with the 'Illustrated Weekly'. |
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