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Historical Event on 1/31/1941
Second Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat of the Bombay Sappers showed an act of unparalleled bravery and inspiring leadership when commanding a detachment of 21 Field company of the Bombay Sappers on the road to Gondar, in Abyssinia. Hence, The Victoria Cross (VC) was bestowed upon him and he became the first Indian Commissioned Officer receipeant of The Victoria Cross (VC).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/5/1907 | Special commissioner appointed to deal with famine conditions. |
| 1/8/1995 | Madhu Limaye, veteran national leader, socialist thinker, freedom fighter, politician, writer, close associate of Ram Manohar Lohia and Jaya Prakash Narayan, passed away. |
| 3/21/1997 | Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura. |
| 8/13/1995 | Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar. |
| 4/24/1998 | India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah, beating Australia by six wickets in the final. |
| 7/26/1991 | Indian, UN Observer Mission in El Salvador joined (ONUSAL from Jul 1991 To Apr 1995). |
| 6/10/1957 | Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died. |
| 11/9/1990 | JD expels Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel and UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav from Legislative wings and primary membership of the party. |
| 7/10/1909 | Gandhiji arrives in London with the assistance of Lord Ampthill and works ceaselessly to educate influential British leaders and the public, and also to move Imperial authorities. |
| 5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
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