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Historical Event on 12/31/1738

Lord Charles Cornvalis, Governor General of India (1786-1793), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/2/1982Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna.
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5/8/1997Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.
3/27/1989T. N. Seshan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 23-12-1989.
1/17/1771Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away.
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2/19/1915Gopal Krishna Gokhale, social reformer, political leader and freedom fighter, passed away.
1/14/1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.
12/31/1900Krishna Narayan Ratanjankar, famous musician and writer of Tan Sangrah in three parts and Abhinav Geet Mangari, was born in Bombay.
7/4/1899Vishnuprasad Ranchhoddas Trivedi, famous critic in Gujrati, educationist and author, was born at Umreth, Gujarat .