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Historical Event on 3/31/1913

Foundation stone of 'Gateway of India' was laid by Sir George Sydneham Clerk.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1924Karpoori Thakur ""Jan Nayak"", freedom fighter, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, was born in village Samastipur, District Bihar.
5/1/1981Sindhudurga district was formed in Maharashtra State.
8/9/1893Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi story writer and novelist, was born at Bihar in a middle class family.
12/27/1975A coal-mine was exploded at Chasnala mine near Dhanbad. It was India's worst coal mine disaster.
12/22/1975Vasant Krishna Desai, famous music director, died.
12/22/1975Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.
10/1/1953The first new state in India since 1949, Andhra Pradesh, is established on purely linguistic basis and formally inaugurated. This state was created by sub-dividing state of India, Madras Province and this movement was started by Shriramulu for which he had to sacrifice his life.
10/2/1986Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat.
8/11/1922Manmohan Krishna, famous actor, was born.
8/11/1922Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans.