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Historical Event on 1/31/1969

Saint Meherbaba passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/26/1820Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal.
7/1/1928Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims.
4/19/1996AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989.
8/16/1933Mahatma Gandhi goes on fast for being denied to continue the anti-untouchability propaganda.
6/13/1931Gandhi to live in a garret amongst the poor in London.
6/24/1885Tara Singh, freedom fighter and leader of Akali Dal Master, was born in the village Haryal, District Rawalpindi.
1/2/2000Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, author of timeless classics 'Charitraheen' and 'Grihadaha', chosen novelist of the century in an online poll conducted by a literary magazine.
12/4/1910Motilal, famous film actor, was born.
12/14/2000The Government declares the 10-day old postal strike illegal as per the provisions of the Industrial Dispute Act.
1/6/1948Security Council takes up India's complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir.