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October

What Happened this Day in India History Events.

1931 11th President of India A.K. P.J. Abdul Kalam was born.
1932 The Tata Company airplane took its first flight. After the acquisition by the Government of India, this company was called Air India.
1997 Arundhati Roy was selected for Britain's most prestigious Booker Prize for her novel 'The God of Small Things'.
1949 The state of Tripura was included in India.
1988 Ujwala Patil became the first Asian woman to travel the world through the sea.
1998 India's Fatima B was awarded the United Nations Award for the Eradication of Poverty.
1686 The Mughal ruler Aurangzeb signed a peace deal with Bijapur.