31 December - India on this day23 events
Lord Charles Cornvalis, Governor General of India (1786-1793), was born.
Krishna Narayan Ratanjankar, famous musician and writer of Tan Sangrah in three parts and Abhinav Geet Mangari, was born in Bombay.
Dr. Raghuvir, dictionary creator, having knowledge of Vedic Sanskrit, Tebiti, Chinese and Mongolian, was born.
Mallikarjun Bhimramaiya Mansoor, famous singer of "Jaipur Gharana", was born.
Vishnu Dayal Jhunjhunwala, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur.
Ben Kingsley Scarborough, English actor (Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice), was born.
At the Lahore session, under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress adopted a resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence), the slogan given by Gandhiji. The tricolour flag of freedom was unfurled and 26th January 1930 was decided to be celebrated as Independence day every year. This session led to Civil Disobedience Movement, Dandi March to break the Salt Law, etc.
99 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie).
Royal Charter forms the East India Company, setting in motion a process that ultimately results in the subjugation of India under British rule.
Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
Cherrapunji in Assam received rainfall of 22,990 mm in 1861. This was a world record in itself as no other country or place had received rains to such an extent.
This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management.
Milkha Singh Govindsingh Amritsar, cricketer (brother of Kripal Singh, Indian batsman in 4 Tests), was born in Madras.
Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras.
Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674.
Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80.
Rajiv Gandhi was sworn is as the 6th Prime Minister of India. He succeeded his mother Indira Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India for a second time and first time after elections.
Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other.
Manipur placed under President's rule; Bangarappa launches Karnataka Congress Party.