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Historical Event on 3/31/1867

Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/8/1920A. Adivi Reddy, social reformer and educationist, was born at Chandragiri, AP.
5/9/1981Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden.
3/16/1902A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala.
1/6/1981Indian Ocean bed on their research ship Gavesani of the National Institute succeeded from the depth of 4,300 metres.
10/2/1993Prime Minister's employment project started in urban areas.
12/5/1898Josh Malihabadi, famous Urdu poet, was born.
4/15/2000Baichung Bhutia became the first Asian-player to score a goal in the professional English game.
7/27/1994Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses.
4/8/1997Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case.
6/2/1975Devendra Mohan Bose, famous Scientist of Physics, passed away.