31st Dec – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Find out what happened on the 31st  of December 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 occur 31st of December

 
Prabhu Ganesan (born December 31, 1956) is a Tamil film actor and producer. He is the son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan.His son Vikram Prabhu is also a budding actor. After making his debut in the film Sangili in 1982, he has acted in over 150 films.
Lakshmi Tatama is an Indian girl born in 2005 in a village in Araria district, Bihar, having “4 arms and 4 legs.” She was actually one of a pair of ischiopagus conjoined twins where one twin was headless due to its head atrophying and chest underdeveloping in the womb.
Major General John Dutton (Johnny) Frost CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DL (31 December 1912 – 21 May 1993) was a British airborne officer best known for being the leader of the small group of airborne forces that actually got to Arnhem bridge during the Battle of Arnhem.
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan  (born December 31, 1965, Madras), popularly known as Siva and LS, is a former Indian cricketer. He was a right arm leg-spinner. He is now a commentator. Born in a Brahmin Iyer family, Siva first drew attention as a 12 year old claiming 7 for 2 in a Madras inter-schools championship game.
Shrilal Shukla (31 December 1925 – 28 October 2011) was a Hindi writer, notable for his satire. He worked as a Provincial Civil Services (PCS) officer for the state government of Uttar Pradesh, later inducted into the IAS. He has written over 25 books, including Makaan, Sooni Ghaati Ka Sooraj, Pehla Padaav and Bisrampur Ka Sant.

Death Anniversaries on 31st Of December

 
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (12 August 1919 – 31 December 1971) was an Indian physicist. He is considered to be the father of the Indian space program. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai was born on 12 August 1919 in the city of Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat in western India.
Raj Narain (1917 – December 31, 1986) was an Indian politician who, as a candidate of Janata Party for the Lok Sabha in 1977, ran for office in Rae Bareli constituency and defeated Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India.
Eminent educationist, thinker, freedom fighter and a creative writer, born as Nrusinhprasad Kalidas Bhatt, at Bhavnagar on 11 November 1882, later known as Nanabhai Bhatt, Nanabhai was a contemporary and one of the famous trinity of Bhavnagar with Gijubhai Badheka and Harbhai Trivedi who have left great inspiration and vision in the fields of innovative education, rural welfare.
T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan (b. 20 October 1923 – d. 31 December 2001), was a Tamil, writer, translator, journalist and literary critic from Tamil Nadu, India. He is also known as T. M. C. Ragunathan, Tho. Mu. Si. Ragunathan or by his Tamil initials as Tho. Mu. Si. Ragunathan was born in Tirunelveli in 1923.
Dr Rafiq Hussain (14 May 1913 – 31 December 1990) was an Urdu writer, poet and critic from India. Dr Rafiq Husain s/o Syed Mohammed Taqi was born into an aristocratic family in Baragaon, Jalalpur, Ambedkar Nagar district, previously known as Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. He was the first Indian Ph.D. holder in Urdu poetry of Allama Iqbal.
 

Notable Moments

 
1966 Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
1988 Nuclear Fuel Complex was established in Hyderabad.
1988 Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other.
1993 Manipur placed under President’s rule; Bangarappa launches Karnataka Congress Party.
1995 K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service.
 

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