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Historical Event on 1/31/1983

The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/20/1920Censor Board, after examining the film 'Ahilya Uddhar' on October 20, started mentioning the number of reels as well as the length in feet on the Censor Certificate. The film had already been released earlier on August 23, 1919.
8/7/1947BEST services were started by Mumbai Mahanagarpalika.
10/26/1969Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay.
5/20/1991General Election (10th) of India begins.
8/15/1947Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta.
11/25/1987India all out for 75 vs West Indies at Delhi. Patterson took 5-24.
7/5/1981Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.
4/5/1993G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards.
10/18/1980The first Himalayan Car Rally of 5,377.9 km was started from Brabourne Stadium, Bombay with 74 starters.
2/19/1949Mass arrests of communists in India.