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Historical Event on 7/31/1902

Keshav Shankar Pillai, great writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Kayamkulam in Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/12/1794Alijabahadar Mahadaji Shinde passed away.
3/1/1909First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established.
5/30/1895Pandurang Sakharam Pisurlekar, great historian in Goa, was born.
11/11/1888Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life.
3/17/1999GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
7/17/1930Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
1/1/1918Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.
3/4/1996King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit.
6/22/1959Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away.