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Historical Event on 10/31/2000

Chhattisgarh, the 26th State of Indian Union, comes into existence with the swearing in of its Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahay and Chief Minister Ajit Jogi at a glittering function at Raipur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1948SS Jal Usha, the first ocean-going steamer made in India, was launched from Visakhapatnam.
9/1/1909Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University.
6/18/1658Aurangzeb managed to capture the Agra Fort and later arrested his father Emperor Shahjahan.
8/25/1997Neelam J. Singh rewrites her own discussion mark in the domestic circuit meet in Chennai.
9/29/1971Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people.
3/26/1977Morarji Desai, the new Prime Minister, forms his Cabinet.
10/30/1924Word Saving Day.
5/19/1904Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
11/21/1999The Centre retired two members of the Prasar Bharati Board, Ms. Romila Thapar, eminent historian and Mr. Rajendra Yadav.
10/17/1915Virendra Kumar Jain, great Hindi writer, was born in Mandsaur.