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Historical Event on 7/31/1985

Lalit Maken, Congress (I) M.P, his wife and a visitor at their residence in Delhi were shot down by terrorists.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/27/1999Union Budget presented. Fiscal deficit cut to 4.4 per cent.
2/18/1945Kal Yug' era passed away.
6/5/1989Missile `Trishul' tested successfully.
4/28/1945Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969), was born in Bombay.
10/1/1997Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries.
1/6/1999Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28.
10/15/1899Menka (Lady Lila Sokhi), famous Indian dancer, was born.
1/4/1932Mahatma Gandhi and other members of his All-India National Congress are back in jail again. After the collapse of the London conference, British authorities cracked down even harder on Gandhi and his followers, and the Mahatma urged Indians to increase their acts of civil disobedience. ""Wake up from sleep,"" Gandhi said as he ordered a boycott of British goods. ""Discard foreign cloth. Discard narcotics. Discard violence. Defy all orders calculated to crush the national spirit."" The government declared Gandhi's Congress an illegal organization. Under new laws, even peaceful picketing is illegal. The Congress party responded to the crackdown by recruiting more followers and striking more plants.
4/9/1669Aurangzeb issued a general order all the schools and temples of the infidels.
7/3/1979Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.