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Historical Event on 12/31/1941

Milkha Singh Govindsingh Amritsar, cricketer (brother of Kripal Singh, Indian batsman in 4 Tests), was born in Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/22/1933Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, leader, politician, President of the Central Assembly, lawyer and member of parliament, died in Geneva.
7/15/1948Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union).
4/2/1991Asom Gana Parishad splits.
11/13/1999A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh
3/27/1992India signs Friendship Treaty with Ukraine.
4/25/1982India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan.
4/14/1990J&K Assembly dissolved.
3/23/1911Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away.
2/7/1997Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''.
10/20/1990Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died.