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Historical Event on 3/31/1980
Nirmal Mukherjee, the last Indian Civil Service Officer, retired from service as Cabinet Secretary.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/8/1965 | Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southern most divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division. |
| 5/17/1996 | Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away. |
| 7/8/1972 | Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996), was born in Calcutta. |
| 3/10/1904 | Raghunath Gopal Kokaje, great Hindi writer, was born at Bhoka, district Ratnagiri. |
| 1/29/1993 | Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman. |
| 7/19/1998 | Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. |
| 2/10/1990 | Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died. |
| 3/30/1988 | Tamil Nadu beat Railways by an innings and 144 runs to win Ranji Trophy. |
| 1/3/1880 | Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started. |
| 9/3/1997 | Anjan (Lalji Pandey), well known lyricist and noted poet, died. |
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