31 December in Hindu history
31 December 1600
31 December 1802East India Company chartered in London
Queen Elizabeth I grants a charter to the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies. The trading company will rule Bharat within two centuries.
Peshwa signs the Treaty of Bassein
Bajirao II, driven from Pune by Yashwantrao Holkar, accepts a subsidiary alliance with the Company at Vasai. Scindia and Bhonsle take up arms against it.
31 December 1929
Purna Swaraj resolution at Lahore
At midnight on the Ravi bank, the Lahore Congress adopts complete independence as its goal and hoists the tricolour. 26 January 1930 is declared Purna Swaraj Day, the date later chosen for the Republic.