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Historical Event on 7/31/1916
Mohanlal Sukhadia, chief minister of Rajasthan and freedom fighter, was born at Jhalawar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/4/1993 | Tarabai Bapat, daughter-in-law of revolutionary Senapati Bapat, died. |
| 4/26/1945 | Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras. |
| 2/18/1905 | Shyamji Krishna Varma established India House in London to help Indians visiting England. He also established the Indian Home Rule society, which helped him to raise his voice against British Domination in India. |
| 1/10/1997 | 28th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum. |
| 1/10/1997 | Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398. |
| 6/9/1986 | ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India. |
| 6/11/1901 | Pramathanath Bishi, professor and Hindi writer, was born. |
| 6/13/1757 | Clive marched to Murshidabad against Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah along with the force comprising of 1800 British and 2000 Indian soldiers with eight canons. |
| 9/23/1863 | Rao Tularam Singh Yadav, freedom fighter, was one of the key leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857, in Haryana, where he is considered a state hero. |
| 2/1/1797 | Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805. |
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