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Historical Event on 1/31/1896

Dattatray Ramchandra Bendre, Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award winner and Kannad poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/3/1932Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan.
11/21/1991An Inter Governmental Coference on Youth Tourism, held for first time, was hosted by the Government of India under the aegis of the World Tourism Organisation. (18-11-91).
12/16/1999The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.
9/26/1793Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist and social worker, was born in Kona village, 24 Parganas (north), West Bengal.
12/20/1757Clauk became Governor of Bengal.
7/16/1959Suhridkumar Roy, famous geologist, died.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
11/6/1950King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India.
4/7/1997NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.