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Historical Event on 10/31/1984

Rajiv Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister of India by Gyani Zail Singh, President of India, at New Delhi. He held this office till December 1, 1989.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1983The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah.
2/23/1952Employees Provident Fund Bill and Miscellaneous Provision Act passed in the Lok Sabha.
12/24/2000Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.
9/3/1993Pawar resigns from Lok Sabha to take up the newly won Maharashtra Legislative Council seat.
9/19/1996India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India.
5/7/1990Government of India bans strikes in any service in any oil field or refinery under the Essential Services Maintenance Act.
8/30/1645Indians and Dutch sign the peace treaty.
6/21/1940Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away.
8/17/1911Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.
5/14/2000L. K. Advani, Union Home Minister, announces extension of the ban on the LTTE by two more years.