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Historical Event on 10/31/1920

Inaugural session of the All India Trade Union Congress was conducted in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1845First Shipping Company of India started.
3/20/1921Dr. P. C. Alexander, Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
7/31/1916Mohanlal Sukhadia, chief minister of Rajasthan and freedom fighter, was born at Jhalawar.
8/6/1999Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi.
10/22/1947There were bound to be difficulties in consolidating the loosely federated Indian provinces, princely states, etc. into one homogeneous whole state. Kashmir, after initial dithering, acceded to India voluntarily and by popular consent, then, was invaded by Pakistani tribesmen with the support of the Pakistani government.
6/14/1992Tin Bigha activists lathi-charged in the Tin Bigha corridor in Coochbehar.
11/20/1999World sports award of the century given away in Vienna. The jury included IOC chief Samaranch, FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Prince Albert of Monaco and motor racing chief Max Mosley. Award winners were: contact sports Muhammad Ali, Soccer-Pele, athletics-Carl Lewis and Nadia Comaneci, water sport Dawn Fraser and Mark Spitz; motor sport Alain Prost, tennis-Steffi Graf, basketball-Michael Jordan, winter sports (skiing) Annemarie Moser-Proell and Jean-Claude Killy.
8/9/1942Mahatma Gandhi after announcing 'do or die' slogan alongwith 'Quit India Movement' at Bombay was arrested along with 50 others. Gandhiji was interned in Aga Khan Palace at Poona. This Do or Die slogan deep rooted in Indian hearts and resulted in nationwide Quit India Movment. This day is commemorated as ""Kranti Day"". Govind Vallabh Pant was send to Ahmednagar Jail, while Sarojini Naidu and many other leaders were also arrested.
12/31/1902Dr. Raghuvir, dictionary creator, having knowledge of Vedic Sanskrit, Tebiti, Chinese and Mongolian, was born.
12/3/1979Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.