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Historical Event on 10/31/1885

St. Stephen's Hospital was opened. It was the first hospital for women and children at Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1885Saint Francis Xavier, Jesuit priest, Spanish missionary teaching in India and Japan, was born in the Spanish kingdom of Navarre.
12/1/1764Battle of Anvadi.
12/10/1979Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace prize.
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
6/23/1958Tamil leaders in Madras call on Nehru to lobby for better treatment of Ceylon's Tamil minority.
1/30/1991Union Government dismisses Karunanidhi government. President's rule imposed in Tamil Nadu.
8/23/1958Marathwada University was started.
10/24/1605Jahangir became the fourth Emperor of Mughal Empire at Agra.
10/30/1977Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country.
1/21/1963Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi.