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Historical Event on 7/31/1980

Muhammad Rafi, famous playback singer, died at the age of 40.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/3/1999Flight Lieutenant K. Nachiketa is handed over by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the Indian High Commissioner inside the High Commission premises.
7/13/1950Nehru asks Stalin and Acheson to restore peace in Korea.
3/19/1935British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23.
11/11/1921Gandhi urges Hindus to remove statue of ex-Viceroy Lord Lawrence.
6/1/1959The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.
10/9/1963Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.
2/19/1855U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.
8/25/2000Veerappan seeks release of 121 prisoners, including 51 booked under TADA at the Mysore prison and compensation to victims of STF excesses 
7/12/1999India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes.
12/29/1965First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory.