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Historical Event on 7/31/1940
Udham Singh, fiery revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by the British Government in the Pantone Villa Jail, London.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/2/1952 | India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras. |
| 11/18/1937 | Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22), was born in Delhi. |
| 3/31/1904 | British slaughter hundreds of Tibetans. |
| 1/17/1933 | Aga Khan, religious leader (Muslims), was born. |
| 4/19/1998 | Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters. |
| 5/19/2000 | A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency. |
| 3/16/1910 | Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi sr, England & India), was born in Pataudi, Punjab. |
| 4/22/1942 | The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur. |
| 12/23/1926 | Swami Shradhanand, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker and politician, was assassinated by a revolver shot that was fired by a young Muslim Abdul Rashid. |
| 12/23/1902 | Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980. |
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