Historical events of 31 July: Mumtaz (born: 31 July 1947) is a famous Hindi film actress. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film ‘Toy’ in 1971.
1998: SAARC’s tenth summit concluded in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo.
2003: A meeting of security ministers of Israel and Palestine ended in Jerusalem.
2004: Economic Cooperation Forum Bimstech was renamed as ‘Bangatakshes’.
2005: Uzbekistan ordered the US to remove its military base.
2006: The ceasefire agreement ended in Sri Lanka, killing 50 people.
2007: Indian -origin American doctor Sudhir Parikh was awarded the Pal Harris Award.
2008: The Thailand court sentenced the wife of former Prime Minister Thoksin Shinavatra to three years in the tax evasion case.
2012: Prof. Ashok Sen was first declared one of the nine winners of the Yuri Milner Fundamental Physics Award.
1998: Shreeja Akula – Indian table tennis player.
1947: Mumtaz – Famous film actress.
1941: Amar Singh Chaudhary – Eighth Chief Minister of Gujarat.
1916: Mohan Lal Sukhadia – famous politician and Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
1907: Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi – famous scholar and mathematician.
1902: K. Shankar Pillai – Famous Indian Cartoonist.
1880: Premchand – Famous Hindi storyteller and novelist (death- 1936).
2021: Man Kaur-Indian track-and-field athlete.
2020: R. D. Pradhan – Former Union Home Secretary.
1980: Mohammad Rafi – Indian playback singer.
1968: Shripad Damodar Satwalakar – Scholars who contributed to Indian cultural upgradation.
1941: Ashutosh Das – Freedom Fighter.
1940: Amar Balidani Udham Singh – Indian freedom fighter.
1912: Hume, A. O. – A retired British officer.
