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Historical Event on 7/31/1992

Thailand Airlines crashed in Himalayan Range, 113 persons died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1956Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory.
2/26/1857First Indian Revolution called the Sepoy Mutiny ends in a few months with the fall of Delhi and Lucknow which broke out in Berhampore by the 19th Bengal Infantry.
9/29/1981Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.
2/8/1986Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96).
8/20/1997Arun Gawli, Mumbai underworld don, arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of a builder.
12/31/1706Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674.
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
4/5/1987The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC).
7/28/1994Sudhakarrao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O. N. Srivastava appointed Governors.
8/19/1916Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India, was born.