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What Happened Today In History?
Find out what happened on 31th August in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred on 31th August .
- Ashoke Kumar Sen (Bengali: অশোককুমার সেন) (10 October 1913 – 31 August 1996) was an Indian barrister, a former Cabinet minister of India, and an Indian parliamentarian. He also holds the record for winning a Lok Sabha seat the most times and also the record for being not only an MP for the most years, but also a cabinet minister – serving more than 7 prime ministers.
- Eruch Byramshaw Jessawala (October 13, 1916 – August 31, 2001), born in Bombay, India, was a close disciple of the silent Indian master Meher Baba, and one of his mandali. Jessawala was also the primary interpreter of Meher Baba’s alphabet board, and later his unique sign language. Jessawala was born in Bombay to Zoroastrian parents, Beheram and Gaimai Jessawala.
- Pendyala Nageswara Rao (Telugu: పెండ్యాల నాగేశ్వరరావు) (6 March 1917 – 31 August 1984) was a popular drama actor, singer and music director in Telugu Film Industry for over 25 years from early 1950s to late 1970s. He has composed music for many successful Telugu movies during that period. He was born at Vanukuru near Vijayawada and later shifted to Katur.
- Kashiram Rana (born April 7, 1938) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India. In 1989, he was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Surat constituency in Gujarat. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004 from the same constituency.
Death anniversaries on 31th August:
- Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai (1901–1950) was an Indian mathematician, well known for his work in number theory. He was from Tamil Nadu. He worked on Waring’s problem, in particular on the determination of exact values for the function g(n).
- Pendyala Nageswara Rao (Telugu: పెండ్యాల నాగేశ్వరరావు) (6 March 1917 – 31 August 1984) was a popular drama actor, singer and music director in Telugu Film Industry for over 25 years from early 1950s to late 1970s. He has composed music for many successful Telugu movies during that period. He was born at Vanukuru near Vijayawada and later shifted to Katur.
Notable Events:
- 31 Aug, 1997 – France Princess Diana
- 31st August 1956 the President of India gave his assent to the States Reorganisation Bill
- 31-August-1967 Satyajit Ray receives the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
- 31-August-1995 Beant Singh (73), Punjab chief minister, assassinated in R.D.X. explosion in a car. He played a very prominent in supressing the militancy in Punjab. This explosion also killed 14 others.
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