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Historical Event on 1/31/1997
INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/23/1876 | Saint Gadgebaba, great modern saint of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 2/23/1876 | Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India . |
| 8/18/2000 | The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral. |
| 11/15/1911 | First meeting of the governing body of the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) was held at the Plague Laboratory, Bombay, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler. |
| 3/1/1998 | Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda. |
| 6/5/1992 | Hindi weelky of Indian Express Group 'Screen' published. |
| 6/5/1992 | Turkish Armada retired.The arrival of a new Portuguese fleet. |
| 4/13/1999 | D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district. |
| 4/21/1994 | Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film. |
| 3/9/1931 | Karansingh, politician, was born. |
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