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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
9/9/1997Designated court decides to frame charges against 49 persons, including Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray, BJP president L. K. Advani and former U.P. Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, in cases relating to Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.
5/23/19961995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore.
10/29/1991Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya.
7/31/1980Muhammad Rafi, famous playback singer, died at the age of 40.
1/8/1984Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74.
3/11/1975Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda.
4/4/1938A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.
9/1/1887Karmveer Bhaurao Paygaunda Patil, educationist, social reformer and founder of 'Rayat Educational Institute', was born.
11/6/1931Chithira Tirunal Bala Ramavarma, ascended throne and ruled state of Travancore as Maharaja, passed away.
4/27/1854First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune.