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Historical Event on 1/31/1992
LTTE Supremo, V. Prabhakaran, declared offender in Rajiv Gandhi murder case and ordered to surrender by a Madras court.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/18/1992 | Shreyanprasad Jain, famous philanthropist and industrialist, passed away. |
| 8/26/2000 | Vijay Kumar wins the Hindu Open Golf championship at the Cosmopolitan Club in Chennai. |
| 8/18/1993 | The Transport Development Council decides to abolish Pathkar (entry tax) and increase the fee for national permit from Rs. 1500 to Rs. 5000. |
| 6/16/1950 | Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 12/5/1950 | Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India. |
| 8/5/1986 | Vellupillai Prabakaran, Tamil rebel leader, died. The vision of secession for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority may have come to an end. But so, too, might the violence that the nation had endured. Today, Tamil rebel leader Vellupillai Prabakaran accepted the peace accord signed last week by India and Sri Lanka. Prabakaran surrendered to Indian forces and his men turned over their weapons. The pact is seen as a compromise by the co-signers. But to the dejected Tamil leader, who has fought since childhood for a Tamil victory, it was a stinging defeat. The treaty creates an autonomous multi-religious zone in the eastern and northern provinces. The rebels dreamed and passed away for a separate state of their own. |
| 12/10/1878 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great social reformer, ardent patriot, incisive thinker and eminent literateur was born at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. He was the first Indian Governor General of independent India and popularly known as 'Rajaji'. |
| 10/10/1844 | Badruddin Taibjee, lawyer and leader, was born. |
| 7/24/1998 | India signs a deal with Russia for purchasing the aircraft-carrier. |
| 2/18/1823 | Gopal Hari Deshmukh, lokhitwadi, was born. |
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