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Historical Event on 10/31/1999

The Ram Janmabhoomi Trust president ends fast in support of his eight-point demands including improvement of 'puja' and 'darshan' arrangements of 'Ram Lala' at the temple.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1990Upper age limit for Civil Services Examination raised from 26 to 28 years.
5/18/1775Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar.
5/20/1965Under the leadership of Commander M. S. Kohli, Indian Trackers concurred Mount Everest. Captain A. S. Chima and Sherpa Nawang Gombu were the first to reach the summit.
12/7/1979First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay.
3/1/1992Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away.
12/21/1998The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen.
1/23/1997Statue of Subhash Bose unveiled inside Parliament House.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
6/10/1946Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"".
7/17/1947Ramdas Coastal Steamer sank off Bombay claiming 550 lives.