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Historical Event on 7/31/2000

The Lok Sabha passes by voice vote a bill for creation of Chhattisgarh state.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/7/1997Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan finalise preparations for a new trade bloc called 'Growth Quadrangle'.
10/14/1947Narsingh Chintaman Kelkar, great litterateur, politician and editor, died.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
1/22/1986Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.
3/1/1960National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project.
10/25/1999Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament.
6/3/1985The week comprising of five working days was implemented in Central Government Offices for its staff.
12/31/1999This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management.
10/17/1979Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
10/25/1980Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died.