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Historical Event on 7/31/1948
State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta.

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8/13/1951	Acharya Kishoridas Vajpayee passed away.
12/27/1998	Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus.
3/1/1998	Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda.
9/26/1975	Constitution (39th Amendment) Bill 1975, placing election of the President, Vice President, Prime Minister and Speaker of the Lok Sabha beyond the scrutiny of the judiciary, approved by Parliament.
8/27/1958	Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
5/8/1901	British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.
2/4/1976	Lok Sabha's life extended by one year.
10/17/1999	Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok.
7/29/1979	Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
1/31/1998	D. R. Karthikeyan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/03/98).

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Historical Event on 7/31/1948 State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta.

Historical Event on 7/31/1948
State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta.