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Historical Event on 7/31/1658

Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
2/14/2000Mr. B. Rachaiah (78), former Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Goa, died in a hospital in Bangalore.
3/16/1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home.
8/29/1923Sir Richard Attenborough, famous actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), was born.
4/30/1998Anna Hazare, social worker, was awarded the CARE International humanitarian award for 1998.
11/17/1921Princes of Wales came to India.
4/6/1998India resumes export of marine products to the European Union; 25 units have been approved by the Export Inspection Council for exporting to EU countries.
2/17/1991Krishnabai Mote, famous author and social worker, passed away.
2/18/1993Congress (I) secures absolute majority in Nagaland and emerges as the single largest party in Meghalaya.
9/14/1949Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate.