History Of 31 August | On This Day In World

In the history of the World, some other important events recorded on the date of 31 August are as follows: -

➧ 1919: American Communist Party formed.

➧ 1919: Amrita Pritam, a famous poetess, novelist and essayist, was born on 31 August.

➧ 1920: News broadcast for the first time on radio in the US city of Detroit.

➧ 1956: The then President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad approved the State Reorganization Bill.

➧ 1957: Malaysia gained independence from Britain.

➧ 1964: California officially becomes America's most populous province.

➧ 1968: Successfully launched two-stage rounding rocket Rohini-MSV1 in India.

➧ 1983: India's satellite INSAT-1B is aired from the US space shuttle Challenger.

➧ 1991: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan declare their independence from the Soviet Union.

➧ 1997: Diana, Princess of Britain and ex-wife of Prince Charles, dies in a car accident in Paris.

➧ 1998: North Korea launches ballistic missile on Japan.

➧ 2002: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif withdraws his nomination papers.

➧ 2003: Vijay Shankar Malla passed away and he referred to prose of Bharatendu period as "cheerful prose".

➧ 2004: Italian General Gido Palmieri was appointed as a one-year Principal Military Observer of the United Nations Observer Group in India and Pakistan.

➧ 2010: Government of India increased the amount of assistance for Pakistani flood victims from 50 lakh to 25 million dollars.

➧ 2010: US imposes new sanctions to confiscate property and prohibit arms trade of organizations and individuals associated with North Korea's secret nuclear program.

➧ 2010: The Parliament of India passed the Atomic Public Liability Bill to ensure prompt compensation in the event of an accident at the nuclear plant.

➧ 2011: 68th Venice Film Festival: "Faust" directed by Alexander Sokarov wins Golden Lion.

➧ 2012: Apple loses its patent dispute with Samsung in Tokyo, Japan.

➧ 2019: The final list of Assam's National Citizenship Register (NRC) was released, out of which over 19 lakh people were evacuated.