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Historical Event on 10/31/1966

Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1930The Simon Commission recommends a federal India and the separation of Burma at London.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
11/29/1916Vasant Shridhar Vaidya, great industrialist, was born at Phaltan.
9/1/1930Suhasini Ganguly, freedom fighter, was arrested and send to Hijali Jail for her revolutionery activities. She later lived a low profiled life after release from prision.
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
4/20/1993Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade.
2/19/1993Salseng C. Marak sworn in as the Congress-I CM in Meghalaya.
4/12/1936Nehru urges Socialism for India.
1/7/1928Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India), was born at Amritsar.
8/9/1925Government Treasury from Postal Train was looted near Kakuri Station just about 22 km. away from Lucknow by the members of 'Hindustan Socialist Republican Association'.