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Historical Event on 1/31/1994

Milind Desai, 12, the youngest editor in Gujarati journalism, died of leukemia.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1932Publication of Marathi Newspaper 'Sakal' started.
11/17/1994Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.
9/27/1974Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born.
5/30/1887The 7th Battalion of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment was raised as 37 DOGRAS by Lt. Col V. Rivas at Sialkot.
5/6/1952Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution.
5/8/1906Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born.
8/8/1967Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.
3/26/1972The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri.
10/12/1976Indian Airlines Caravelle crashed after take off from Bombay.
4/12/1992The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.