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Historical Event on 7/31/1902

Keshav Shankar Pillai, great writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Kayamkulam in Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1994Justice Ahmad Mushabber Ahmadi sworn in as Chief Justice of India.
2/21/1987Pakistan President Gen. Zia visits India.
8/16/1901Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.
5/5/1942Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi.
9/6/1903Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.
10/2/2000Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey.
7/13/1913Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar .
8/1/1920Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay.
8/29/1947Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar became the President of Constitution Council.
1/1/1999George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial.