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Historical Event on 12/31/1941

Milkha Singh Govindsingh Amritsar, cricketer (brother of Kripal Singh, Indian batsman in 4 Tests), was born in Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1947Independence of India Bill passed.
7/1/1947Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
3/24/1968The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
1/6/1942Four of the flight's six aircraft were promptly lost to Japanese bombing and No. 4 Flight gave place in Moulmein to No. 3 Flight which had meanwhile re-equipped with four ex-RAF Blenheim ls. B-314 completed first commercial flight around the world.
2/6/1994Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away.
12/28/1926Shirish Kumar, freedom figher, was born.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
11/15/199237 die in a landslide at Meghamalai near Chinnamanur.
4/29/1997R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died.
6/16/1893Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu.