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Historical Event on 7/31/1861

9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam becomes a world record.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/16/1950 Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
5/23/1924Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut.
5/1/1913Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born.
5/4/1994Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service.
8/21/1987Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992).
11/19/1999Indira Gandhi Peace prize is presented to a social worker of Bangladesh Muhammed Yunus.
12/17/1715Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army.
1/7/1859The Bahadur Shah II case trial was started, which ended on March 29.
2/12/1997Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab for third time.
11/2/1971Roberto Fernandes, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Goa.