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People born on October 31
1875 - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - India's freedom fighter and the first Home Minister of independent India.
1889 - Narendra Dev - India's famous scholar, socialist, thinker, educationist and patriot.
1895 - Kotteri Kanakaiah Naidu was the captain of the first Test cricket matches of the Indian cricket team.
1922 - Norodam Shinouk - King of Cambodia.
1943 - G. Madhavan Nair, Indian scientist and former chairman of ISRO.
1943 - Oommen Chandy - Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Kerala.
1962 - Sarbananda Sonowal - 14th Chief Minister of Assam and a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India.
Died on 31 October
1975 - Sachin Dev Burman, famous musician and singer of Bengali and Hindi cinema. Major films- Aradhana.
1984 - Indira Gandhi - Fourth Prime Minister of India.
2005 - Amrita Pritam, famous poet, novelist and essayist.
2020 - Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister R Duraikannu dies from Corona at the age of 72.
2020 - Scottish film actor Sean Connery (formerly James Bond Sean Connery) dies at the age of 90.
Important Occasions and Celebrations of 31 October
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti (National Unity Day and Sankalp Diwas).
- Smt. Indira Gandhi Punya (Sacrifice) Day.
- Shri Umman Chandy Birthday.
- Shri Sarbananda Sonowal Birthday.
- Scientist Mr. madhavan nair birthday
- Union Territory of Ladakh Establishment Day (2nd).
- World Cities Day.
- World Savings Day.
Important Events of 31 October
1759 - An earthquake kills 100 people in Safed, Palestine.
1817 - Emperor Nink accepts the throne of Japan.
1864 - Nevada becomes the 36th province of America.
1871 - The Protestant Union is founded in Dokkum, Netherlands.
1905 - Revolutionary demonstration in St. Petersburg, USA.
1908 - The Fourth Olympic Games conclude in London.
1914 - Britain and France declare war on Turkey.
1920 – Romania annexed Bessarabia, a Central European country, in Eastern Europe.
1953 - Television broadcasts begin in Belgium.
1956 - Britain and France begin bombing Egypt to reopen the Suez Canal.
1959 - The Soviet Union and Egypt sign an agreement to build the Aswan Dam on the Nile.
1960 - About ten thousand people died due to cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal.
1966 - India's famous swimmer Mihir Sen swam across the Panama Canal.
1978 - Oil workers strike in Iran.
1978 - Yemen adopts its constitution.
1982 - Pope John Paul II becomes the first bishop to visit Spain.
1984 - Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, was shot dead by her bodyguards. After this Rajiv Gandhi became the 9th Prime Minister of India.
1989 - Turgat Ozal is elected President of Turkey.
1996 - The approval of 65 countries required to implement the Chemical Weapons Ban Treaty.
2003 - In the Afroasian Hockey Championship held in Hyderabad, India defeated Pakistan 3–1 to win gold.
2003 - Malaysian Prime Minister Mohthir Mohamad hands over the reins of governance to Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed.
2003 - The end of the 22-year rule of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Muhammad.
2004 - US airstrikes on Fallujah.
2005 - Palestine - Israel agrees not to commit violence. Russia suspects manipulation behind the Volker Report.
2005 - China and Nepal agree on a joint inspection of the border.
2006 – The Sri Lankan government accuses Tamil rebels of firing at soldiers in the Jaffna peninsula.
2008- The Union Cabinet approved a bill to provide covert and compulsory education to children between the ages of 6 and 14 in the country.
2015 – Flight 9268 of the Russian airline Koglimavia crashes in North Sinai, killing all 224 people on board.
2019 - Pakistan: Explosion in Karachi - Rawalpindi Express, about 65 people killed, 3 bogies destroyed.
2019 - Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh become two new union territories, now 28 states and 9 union territories in India.
2019 - The Government of India instituted the highest civilian award for contribution in the field of unity and integrity of India in the name of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
2020 - The Union Territory of Ladakh celebrated its first establishment day.
