Historical Events on August 31.

1.   1897 – Thomas Edison patented the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.

2.  1920 – Khilafat movement started in India. It  was a pan-Islamist political protest campaign launched by Muslims of British India.

3.  1936 – Radio Prague, the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, went on the air.

4.  1947 – Indian Standard Time (IST) was decided. Indian Standard Time is calculated based on 82.5°E longitude in the city of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. Which is situated approximately on the corresponding longitude reference line.

5.  1956 – The then President of India Rajendra Prasad approved the State Reorganization Bill.

6.  1957 – The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gained its independence from the United Kingdom.

7.  1962 – Trinidad and Tobago became independent.

8.  1968 – Successfully launched two-stage rounding rocket Rohini-MSV-1 in India.

9.  1970 – Memorial of Swami Vivekananda was inaugurated by contemporaneous President of India V.V. Giri at Kanyakumari.

10.  1971 – David Scott became the seventh person to walk on the Moon.

11.  1983 – India’s satellite INSAT-1B is launched from the US space shuttle Challenger.

12.  1996 – Pandurang Shastri Athavale was honored with Raman Magsaysay Award.

13.  2008 – Government of India settled Amarnath land dispute.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on August 31.

1.   1569 – Jahangir, 4th Mughal Emperor.

2.  1870 – Maria Montessori, an Italian physician, and educator.

3.  1888 – Kanailal Dutta, Indian revolutionary freedom fighter.

4.  1907 – Ramon Magsaysay, Pilipino captain, engineer, and politician. 7th president of Philipines.

5.  1919 – Amrita Pritam, Indian author, poet, and essay writer.  

6.  1940 – Shivaji Samant, Indian author. Famous for his novel “Mrutyunjay” based on Mahabharata.

7.  1942 – Bubu Imam, Indian environmental activist.

8.  1969 – Javagal Shrinath, Indian Cricketer.

9.  1987 – Kavin Bharati Mittal, Indian entrepreneur. Founder and CEO of Hike 

10. Messenger, the world’s sixth-largest mobile messaging application.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on August 31.

1.   1422 – Henry V of England.

2.  1995 – Sardar Biyant Singh, Former Chief Minister of Punjab, India.

3.  1997 – Princess Dianna, Princess of Wale.

4.  2002 – Martin D Kamen, Canadian physicist. He discovered the Carbon-14 element, which allows biologists to look inside the chemistry of living cells.

5.  2012 – Kashiram Rana, Indian lawyer and politician.

6.  2014 – Bapu, Indian film director, and screenwriter.

7.  2014 –  Jimi Jamison, a Pop singer from Mississippi.

8.  2020 – Pranab Mukharjee, Indian politician, 13th President of India.