Learn about the importance of 31st July in the history of India. Major historical events, Famous Birthdays and death anniversaries on this day. Celebrations/Observations on July 31 Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh (Haryana and Punjab, India) 31st July in the history of India 1658 – Aurangzeb is proclaimed Mughal emperor of India. Famous Birthdays on July 31 1947 – Mumtaz, Indian actress 1941 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (d. 2004) 1919 – Hemu Adhikari, Indian cricketer (d. 2003) 1880 – Premchand, Indian author and playwright (d. 1936) Death Anniversaries on July 31 2014 – Nabarun Bhattacharya, Indian journalist and author (b. 1948) 1980 – Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer (b. 1924) [5] 1940 - Udham Singh was a revolutionary belonging to the Ghadar Party, best known for his assassination in London of Michael O'Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of the Punjab in India, on 13 March 1940. The assassination was in Avenge for the Jalli
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.