Learn about the importance of 31st December in the history of India, Major historical events on this day, Famous Birthdays on 31st December and death anniversaries on this day. Celebrations/Observations Tamu Lhosar (Gurung Community) December 31, in the history of India 1999 - Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacking ended after seven days with the release of 190 survivors at Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan. 1600 - The British East India Company is chartered. Famous Birthdays on 31st December 1965 – Laxman Sivaramakrishnan , Indian cricketer 1953 - Madan Bhimarao Lokur is a veteran Indian jurist. He is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India and is currently a judge of the Supreme Court of Fiji. 1934 - Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan , Indian author, poet, and scholar (death: 2017) 1925 - Sri Lal Sukla , Indian author (death: 2011) 1912 - John Frost , Indian-English general (death: 1993) 1738 - Charles Cornwallis , 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politicia
Pachisi, Chausar, Chopad or popularly known as Ludo is an ancient Indian game, which per some historians Mughal Emperor Akbar was addicted to and used to play with real people instead of plastic buttons or plastic statue miniatures, the game has now become a strategy game and are taught at business schools. On August 29, 1891, Alfred Collier had applied for a patent in England, claiming that a board game, which he named Royal Ludo, was his invention. Since then the game became popular worldwide by the name we know today. Later on, the British Royal Navy converted it into a board game called ‘Uckers’. According to some historians this board game of Ludo or pachisi originates in India as far back as 3300 BC. The exact origins of this legendary game though seems uncertain, but some earliest proofs of this game comes from the historic Ellora Caves in Maharashtra, where the board game was depicted in the form illustrations on the wall. This seems to suggest that Ludo was an Indian creation.