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Historical Event on 10/31/1962

Krishna Menon, Home Minister, resign due to attack by China.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1930The Simon Commission recommends a federal India and the separation of Burma at London.
10/27/1907Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died.
10/20/1962China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level.
12/17/1972New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.
1/1/1987United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).
10/14/1953Raghunath Dhondo Karve, Family Planning and Sex Education preacher, died.
12/21/1993JPC indicts RBI and Finance Ministry in the multi-crore security scam.
10/1/1909Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement.
6/1/1916Lokmanya Tilak roared ''Freedom is by birthright'' at Ahmednagar.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.