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Historical Event on 1/31/1946
Subroto Guha, cricketer (right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69), was born in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/30/1966 | Judge K. Subba Rao became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 11/04/1967. |
| 5/12/1987 | Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat. |
| 11/30/1858 | Jagdish Chandra Bose, botonist and physics expert, was born at Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh). |
| 5/3/1765 | Clive became Governor of Bengal for second time from England after he returned to Calcutta. |
| 7/16/1990 | O.P.Chautala resigns following directive from JD. |
| 7/29/1996 | Aruna Asaf Ali, freedom fighter and player of important role in Quit India Movement, passed away in New Delhi. She was awarded with Bharat Ratna. |
| 6/12/1947 | Gandhiji addresses Congress Working Committee. |
| 1/10/1693 | Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and he was laid to rest. |
| 12/16/1867 | Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus. |
| 10/17/1999 | Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang. |
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