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Historical Event on 1/31/1969

Saint Meherbaba passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/8/1910Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died.
1/31/1997Merger of SCICI and ICICI confirmed with effect from 1/4/1996.
10/11/1993CBI files chargesheet against stock-broker Hiten Dalal and 3 others for defrauding Canbank Mutual Fund over Rs.102 crore.
7/26/1922Girilal Jain, famous journalist and editor, was born.
12/20/1990Supreme Court stays Delhi High Court judge Justice Chawla's orders on the Bofors issue.
4/20/1997Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title.
3/28/1986Extremist Sikhs kill 13 Hindus in Ludhiana, India.
8/30/1751Sir Robert Clive exhibited a heroic feat when the British troops captured Arcot form Chanda Saheb.
4/4/1938A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.
10/15/1997Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'