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Historical Event on 10/31/1999

The Ram Janmabhoomi Trust president ends fast in support of his eight-point demands including improvement of 'puja' and 'darshan' arrangements of 'Ram Lala' at the temple.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/12/1930First 'Round Table Conference' started in London. Only Muslim League party was present in the conference and there were no representative of Congress. 16 Indian Kings, 23 British representatives and other 56 Indians took part in this conference. The Muslim League consisted of Sir Agha Khan, Mohammed Ali Jauhar, Quaid-e-Azam, Sir Mohammed Shafi, Fazl-ul-Haq, Chaudhary Zafarullah and Ghulam Hussain.
10/15/1997Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'
12/22/2000Three Army jawans die in an attack by a suicide squad of Lakshar-e-Taiba at the Red Fort in Delhi leading to a 45-minute gun-battle.
11/15/1932Surinder Kumar Mehra, Air Chief Marshal, was born in Delhi
3/1/1818Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom.
7/5/1970Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.
6/20/1918K.K. Singh, politician and social worker, was born at Agra.
4/4/1990MI-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35, thus becoming a dedicated Attack Helicopter unit of the IAF.
6/14/1958Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.
11/13/1953Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi.