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Historical Event on 7/31/1880
Nawab Rai\Dhanpat Rai, 'Prem Chand', great litterateur, writer, editor, journalist and headmaster, was born at Lamahi village near Varanasi, UP.
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| 11/9/1877 | Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan). |
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| 3/1/1939 | Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal. |
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| 1/4/1924 | Vidyadhar Gokhle, editor, playwright and politician, was born. |
| 2/17/1948 | Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles). |
| 5/19/1982 | Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala. |
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