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Historical Event on 10/31/1885
St. Stephen's Hospital was opened. It was the first hospital for women and children at Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/13/1958 | Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet, literateur and writer,died at the age of 80. |
| 8/7/1998 | The Government announces a banking and foreign exchange package for development of the information technology and software industry following the recommendations of the National Task Force. |
| 11/1/1956 | Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved. |
| 7/13/1990 | Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died. |
| 3/5/1868 | Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar alias Save Dada, who filmed the felicitation function of Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye, was born. This film was titled as ""The Fresh Indian Regular of Cambridge University."" He was the First Short Documentary Film Maker of India. |
| 3/31/1992 | The PM to look after foreign affairs. |
| 4/23/1929 | Ranjit Film Co. was founded by Chandulal Shah and Gohar at Bombay. |
| 8/20/1997 | Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President. |
| 1/15/2000 | Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan. |
| 3/9/1951 | Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born. |
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