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Historical Event on 10/31/1997

Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1972Vinod Ganpat Kambli, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1993-), was born in Bombay.
6/16/1946C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government.
9/12/1786Lord Cornwallis was appointed, and became Governor General of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief Army Officer.
12/28/1883Under the leadership of Surendra Nath Banerji, the political group of Bengal organised National Conference as ""Bharat Sabha"".
10/2/1942Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.
10/12/1935Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, was born
11/7/1907Murlidhar Shankar Deshpande, journalist and social worker, was born at Kadanachi Girvi Phaltan, Maharashtra.
10/5/1989Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court.
12/22/1871Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died.
10/16/1920B. Sathyaji Rao, cricket Test umpire for 17 tests from 1960-79, was born in Karnataka.