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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
6/22/1994L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died.
4/5/1950Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights.
2/23/1998BJP leader Ranjit Yadav was shot dead in Sahibganj district.
9/28/1837Bahadur Shah-II ascended the throne and became the emperor of Delhi at the age of 62 following the death of his father Akbar Shah-II.
1/21/1820Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born.
1/23/1809Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa.
5/1/1972All fuel coal mines were nationalised.
3/30/1992Satyajit Ray received the honorary Oscar award..
1/23/1972Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party; 100 die in New Delhi.
3/12/1942British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.