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Historical Event on 1/31/1997
INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/30/1883 | Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, died in Ajmer. |
| 12/29/1983 | Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies. |
| 1/2/1990 | Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft. |
| 11/11/1979 | President N. Sanjiva Reddy declares the opening of the first International Trade Fair of India. |
| 10/11/1941 | Amitabh Bachchan, famous film actor, was born. |
| 1/21/1981 | Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away. |
| 6/20/1921 | Tilak University was established. |
| 9/28/1924 | In penance for riots, Gandhi, on hunger strike in Delhi, proclaimed he would break his fast only at death. |
| 6/11/1976 | Indira Gandhi and Brezhnev sign the Moscow Declaration of Friendship and Cooperation. |
| 3/5/1699 | Maharaja Jaisingh-II crowned as King of Jaipur kingdom and sat on Amber throne. |
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