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Historical Event on 7/31/1997

Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1908Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.
4/4/1942Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.
6/6/199614 Janata Dal legislators revolt in Karnataka against the composition of the J H Patel ministry.
10/28/1996Goa upset Karnataka to win their first Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever.
3/18/1953Backward Classes Commission inaugurated.
10/10/1844Badruddin Taibjee, lawyer and leader, was born.
9/1/1998Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi.
11/11/1921Gandhi urges Hindus to remove statue of ex-Viceroy Lord Lawrence.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
12/11/1998Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today.