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Historical Event on 10/31/1843

Tarkanath Gangopadhyay, first realistic social novelist of Bengal, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1843Muhammad Tughluq Shah II passed away at Sindh.
6/22/198219 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.
5/23/1993PM arrives in Tashkent.
1/12/1949Tej Bahadur Saproo, liberal leader, passed away. He was a strong believer in constitution and not in revolutions.
12/4/1993Bahadur Prasad wins the second gold medal in 5000 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.
2/10/1957Pranab Pankaj Roy, cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982), was born in Calcutta.
8/9/1942The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.
9/15/1999Palvai Purushottam, the sitting Sirpur MLA and TDP candidate, shot dead.
2/24/1924Mahatma Gandhi released from jail.
3/20/1997Maharashtra (like H.P.) proposes to make carrying for aged parents mandatory.