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Historical Event on 7/31/1902
Keshav Shankar Pillai, great writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Kayamkulam in Kerala.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/23/1920 | Air transportation began in India by two Royal Air Force planes between Karachi and Bombay, and Air Mail service started. |
| 5/13/1648 | Redfort construction was completed |
| 9/29/1964 | 1,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst. |
| 7/14/1994 | Veerappan, Sandalwood smuggler, declared 'proclaimed offender'. |
| 8/29/1928 | Hiralal Ghisulal Gaikwad, cricket all-rounder who played the only test vs Pakistan, was born in Nagpur. |
| 1/15/1966 | The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons. |
| 10/17/1915 | Virendra Kumar Jain, great Hindi writer, was born in Mandsaur. |
| 1/3/1945 | No. 8 Squadron becomes the first to convert onto the Spitfire VIII during the previous month and commencing operations on 3 January 1945 in the Kangaw area. |
| 3/2/1996 | Malabar University (Kerala) comes into being. |
| 6/30/1999 | The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain. |
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