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Historical Event on 12/31/1965
Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/2/2000 | John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI. |
| 7/18/1993 | Dr. Banoo Coyaji, 75, gets Magsaysay Award for Public Service. |
| 1/21/1924 | Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar. |
| 8/15/1965 | Television starts in New Delhi. |
| 5/19/1904 | Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world. |
| 2/10/1902 | Hemraj, politician, was born at Dera Gopipur, (H.P.). |
| 2/10/1902 | Vallabhacharya, founder of 'Pushthimarg Panth', was born. |
| 1/5/1953 | Andhra University celebrated its silver jubilee. |
| 10/27/1987 | Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died. |
| 12/8/1996 | Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.) |
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