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Historical Event on 1/31/1949

Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1953Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas.
6/18/1926Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P).
4/8/1831Ram Mohan Roy landed in England.
2/19/1992Shridhar Narayan Bendre, famous painter, passed away.
10/15/1946Victor Banerjee, actor (A Passage to India), was born in Calcutta, India.
8/26/1996Supreme Court asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to the Income Tax department.
9/26/1996Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.
10/2/1994Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.
10/17/1970Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore.
5/1/1927Dr. Namwar Singh was born.