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Historical Event on 12/31/1956

Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/14/1636Aurangzeb was appointed as Shahjahan by Viceroy of Deccan.
10/29/1967Kurtkoti Lingangaunda, great Indian Philosopher, passed away.
10/23/1996Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
6/23/1920Kesri Jagannathrao Joshi, senior leader of Janata Party in Karnataka, was born.
2/2/1978Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away.
9/16/1995Prime Minister inducts 16 new members into his Council of Ministers and elevates three deputy ministers to the rank of Ministers of State.
8/15/1985Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off.
5/12/1955The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum.
1/6/1992Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs Australia at the SCG.
11/16/1877Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat