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Historical Event on 7/31/1996

Joginder Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/97).

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/21/1921Prince of Wales visited India and Congress observed all India strike.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.
4/27/1993A national credit fund for women called the 'Rashtriya Mahila Kosh' set up.
11/23/1946Kailasham Tyagraj Paramshiv, famous Kannada dramatist, passed away.
5/22/1996United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party.
3/5/1919M.L. Kapoor, great industrialist, was born at Lahore.
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
9/2/1894Vinayak Mishra, famous Oriya litterateur, critic and historian, was born.
6/1/1916Lokmanya Tilak roared ''Freedom is by birthright'' at Ahmednagar.
2/3/1954More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad.