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Historical Event on 1/31/1983

The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/17/1954India outlaws bigamy.
1/15/1919Ahmed Mohammad Mamsa, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1963-73, was born at Mumbai.
7/29/1993Two bills seeking to delink religion from politics and to empower the EC to debar parties with religious names introduced in Lok Sabha.
7/23/1996R. Bhattacharji was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He is heading this office till date.
4/11/1999Tamil Nadu men, Railways women emerged National Volleyball League champions in Triprayar.
6/30/1968Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous journalist and litterateur, passed away.
4/29/1998The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99.
7/5/2000Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore.
10/5/1864Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
11/14/1969Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi.