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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).

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5/8/1901	British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.
10/16/1905	Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
5/12/1993	Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states.
5/18/1998	India may take the US to WTO.
2/13/1856	East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom.
9/1/1998	Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi.
2/11/1981	Australia all out for 83 vs India at MCG. They were chasing 143 to win.
7/1/1996	RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%.
9/13/1997	Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.
9/10/1911	Jatin Chakravorty, social reformer, politician and trade unionist, was born at Comilla, Bangladesh.

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