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Historical Event on 1/31/1949

Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1980President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government.
4/4/1984Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian Astronaut to go in space from Baikanaur aboard Soviet Space Craft 'Soyuz 11' and revolved around the earth.
5/22/1997At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city.
4/9/1999K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur.
9/16/1996First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.
5/25/1999The Prime Minister declares the Centre will take all possible steps to push back infiltrators in Kargil.
8/25/1992Mi-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35 Squadron and was renamed as 104-Helicopter Squadron.
9/29/1907Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia'
9/29/1907Saint Visoba Khechar, was the yogi-guru of the Varkari poet-saint Namdev of Maharashtra, took Samadhi.
6/28/1986Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too.