Historical Events - August 31
1897 – Thomas Edison patented the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
1920 – Khilafat movement started in India. It was a pan-Islamist political protest campaign launched by Muslims of British India.
1936 – Radio Prague, the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, went on the air.
1947 – Indian Standard Time (IST) was decided. Indian Standard Time is calculated based on 82.5°E longitude in the city of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. Which is situated approximately on the corresponding longitude reference line.
1956 – The then President of India Rajendra Prasad approved the State Reorganization Bill.
1957 – The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
1962 – Trinidad and Tobago became independent.
1968 – Successfully launched two-stage rounding rocket Rohini-MSV-1 in India.
1970 – Memorial of Swami Vivekananda was inaugurated by contemporaneous President of India V.V. Giri at Kanyakumari.
1971 – David Scott became the seventh person to walk on the Moon.
1983 – India’s satellite INSAT-1B is launched from the US space shuttle Challenger.
1996 – Pandurang Shastri Athavale was honored with Raman Magsaysay Award.
2008 – Government of India settled Amarnath land dispute.
Famous Birthdays – August 31
1569 – Jahangir, 4th Mughal Emperor.
1870 – Maria Montessori, an Italian physician, and educator.
1888 – Kanailal Dutta, Indian revolutionary freedom fighter.
1907 – Ramon Magsaysay, Pilipino captain, engineer, and politician. 7th president of Philipines.
1919 – Amrita Pritam, Indian author, poet, and essay writer.
1940 – Shivaji Samant, Indian author. Famous for his novel “Mrutyunjay” based on Mahabharata.
1942 – Bubu Imam, Indian environmental activist.
1969 – Javagal Shrinath, Indian Cricketer.
1987 – Kavin Bharati Mittal, Indian entrepreneur. Founder and CEO of Hike Messenger, the world’s sixth-largest mobile messaging application.
Death Anniversaries – August 31
1422 – Henry V of England.
1995 – Sardar Biyant Singh, Former Chief Minister of Punjab, India.
1997 – Princess Dianna, Princess of Wales.
2002 – Martin D Kamen, Canadian physicist. He discovered the Carbon-14 element, which allows biologists to look inside the chemistry of living cells.
2012 – Kashiram Rana, Indian lawyer and politician.
2014 – Bapu, Indian film director, and screenwriter.
2014 – Jimi Jamison, a Pop singer from Mississippi.
2020 – Pranab Mukharjee, Indian politician, 13th President
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