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Historical Event on 1/31/1985

Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/13/1997H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.
7/17/1893Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.
4/17/1990Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, famous Director of Raja Kelkar Museum, passed away.
8/3/1957Devdas Gandhi, son of Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhiji and noted journalist, passed away.
9/16/2000Aparna Popat loses to Kelly Morgan in the first round of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.
8/17/1882Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.
1/1/1999This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"".
6/10/1890Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday.
1/18/1992Ordinance cuts minimum poll campaign time to 14 days from 20 days.
9/1/1977M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979.