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Historical Event on 1/31/1960
Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/10/1953 | Opening ceremony of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research held. |
| 7/16/1917 | Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born. |
| 8/9/1971 | Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died. |
| 12/10/1945 | Aust Services lose third Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts. |
| 7/4/1789 | British East India Company signed a treaty with the Nizam of Hydrabad and Peshwa of Pune against Tipu Sultan, King of Mysore, on the understanding that a cavalry of 10,000 would attack Tipu's territory and the conquered area would be divided amongst the three. |
| 5/13/1997 | Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission. |
| 5/1/1996 | Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case). |
| 5/28/1972 | Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77. |
| 12/9/1825 | Tula Ram Rao, one of the revolutionary heroes of the 1857 and Sepoy Mutiny, was born. |
| 7/21/1883 | Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta. |
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