1984 ANTI-SIKH RIOTS
October 31, 1984 - November 03, 1984 |
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October 31, 1984: The news about Indira
Gandhi having been killed by her own guards, who were sikhs, started
spreading like wild fire. Rajiv Gandhi and the President Zail Singh
visited the AIIMS hospital. Emotion filled, organized and well equipped
gangs of ruffians started setting out in different directions from
AIIMS. The violence towards Sikhs and destruction of Sikh properties
erupted. Rajiv Gandhi is sworn in as the Prime Minister. |
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AMRITA PRITAM |
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October 31 - Death Anniversary |
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| INDIRA GANDHI |
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October 31, 1984: On this day, when she was
assassinated by her own guards, she competed her second term as the
Prime Minister of India. Her assassination gave rise to riots in New
Delhi in the subsequent couple of days, resulting into numerous killings
of innocent people. |
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| MIHIR SEN |
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October 31(29-31), 1966 - In the same year Sen was also the first Indian
to swim the Bosphorus (Turkey) in 4 hrs and the
first non-American (and third man) to swim across
the entire (50 mile length) of the Panama Canal in
34 hrs and 15 mins. This unique achievement earned him a place in the
Guinness Book of World Records for long distance
swimming. |
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MOHAMMAD HIDAYATULLAH |
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October 31, 1982: Relinquished his office
of the Acting President of India. |
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MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI |
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October 31, 2005: He scored 183*
runs against Sri Lanka at Jaipur, which was the highest
score made by any batsman in the second innings till April
11, 2011, when it was bettered by Australian player Shane
Watson who scored 185* of 96 balls against Bangladesh at
Dhaka. |
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NATURAL DISASTERS CYCLONE - BACKERGANJ - 1876 |
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October 31, 1876 |
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N.M. MOHAN |
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October 31 - Birth Anniversary |
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NORMAN PRITCHARD |
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October 31 - Death Anniversary |
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RAMNATH PARKAR |
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October 31 - Birth Anniversary |
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RAVISHANKAR SHUKLA |
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October 31, 1956 - He ceased to be the Chief
Minister of Madhya Pradesh state. |
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SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL |
October 31 - Birth Anniversary
October 31, Every Year: It was declared on
October 31, 2014 by the Govt. of India as the RASHTRIYA
EKTA DIVAS (National Unity Day) to be observed every year on
the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel. |
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SACHIN DEV BURMAN |
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October 31 - Death Anniversary |
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SEMMANGUDI SRINIVASA IYER |
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October 31 - Death Anniversary |
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SRI KRISHNA SINGH (S.K. SINHA) |
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October 31, 1939: He retired as the Premier
of the Bihar Province of India. |
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STATUE OF UNITY |
October 31, 2015: A 30 feet statue of
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was unveiled by Gujarat Chief Minister
Anandiben Patel in capital Gandhinagar on this day to mark his 140th
birth anniversary. The statue is a scaled down replica of the proposed
182-feet 'Statue of Unity' to come up near Sardar Sarovar Dam in South
Gujarat.
October 31, 2013: The then Chief Minister
of Gujarat Narendra Modi, (currently Prime Minister of India) laid the
foundation stone of statue onthis day, the 138th birth anniversary of
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. He along with L. K. Advani announced to the
public that after completion of the project, it will be the tallest
statue of the world.
October 31, 2014: L&T commenced the
construction on this day and is expected to complete it by 2018. The
construction of 'Shrestha Bharat Bhavan' an integral part of the Statue
of Unity project, also started on this day. |
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SWAMI MADHAVANANDA PURIJI |
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October 31 - Death Anniversary |
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TERRORISM - INDIA MADHYA PRADESH |
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October 31, 2016: Bhopal Jail Break - All the 8 jail-breaker terrorist suspects
killed in encounterThe 8 SIMI operatives, who escaped from the Bhopal
central jail after killing one guard early morning this day, have been
killed in an encounter. |
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