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Historical Event on 7/31/2000

The Government announces appointment of Justice B. M. Lal as Chairman of the MRTP Commission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/25/1995Voting on the Criminal Law Bill differed again in Rajya Sabha.
2/18/1993Congress (I) secures absolute majority in Nagaland and emerges as the single largest party in Meghalaya.
2/18/1993Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
3/31/1997Lakhubhai Pathak, prominent NRI businessman who had accused Narasimha Rao of cheating $ 100,000, died in London.
2/17/1986Jiddu Krishnamurti, famous Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), passed away at the age of 90 yrs at Ojai, California, USA.
9/28/1909Jairaj, famous film actor, was born. His first film was 'Sparkling Youth' (1930). He was a receipant of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Some of his films are 'Fight unto Death', 'All for love', 'Bhawani No Bhog', 'Pearl', 'Queen of Faries', 'The Enemy', 'My Hero'.
8/23/1872Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, leader, social reformer and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, was born at Kanuparthi village in Ongole district in Andhra Pradesh.
5/31/1994Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away.
9/5/1793Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala.
3/30/1908Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born.