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Historical Event on 10/31/1997

Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1876Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta.
4/8/1831Ram Mohan Roy landed in England.
7/29/1987India and Sri Lanka sign peace accord at Colombo in a bid to end the 5-year old ethnic trouble. This stance taken thereafter by the LTTE added several dimensions to the scenario. It was a multi-purpose role that the Navy has been required to play.
9/17/1934Gandhiji announced his decision to retire from politics from October one to engage himself in the development of village industries, Harijan service and education through basic crafts.
4/21/1993India announces establishing proof in Pakistan's complicity in Bombay bomb blasts.
5/12/1952Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
5/19/1980Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away.
1/24/1999The Orissa police arrest 47 persons in connection with the killing of the Australian missionary.
1/8/1995ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh.
11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.