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May 31 - Death
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BRAJANATH RATHA |
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May 31 -Death Anniversary |
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CHAKRAVARTI RAJAGOPALACHARI |
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May 31, 1952: He put an end to sugar
rationing. |
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INDIA - JOURNALISM NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES |
SAMACHAR DARPAN: May 31, 1818: It was
the First vernacular newspaper in
Bengali. It was first published on this
day by William Carey and Joshua Marshman
from Serampore. |
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INDIA - HARYANA STATE |
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May 31, 1966: The Shah commission gave its
report on this day. According to this report the then districts of
Hisar, Mahendragarh, Gurgaon, Rohtak and Karnal were to be a part of the
new state of Haryana. Further, the tehsils of Jind in (district
Sangrur), Narwana in (district Sangrur), Naraingarh, Ambala and Jagadhri
were also to be included. The commission recommended that the tehsil of
Kharar (which includes Chandigarh, the state capital of Punjab) should
also be a part of Haryana. |
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INDIAN SPACE PROGRAMME - ROHINI SATELLITES |
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May 31, 1981 - RS-D1
was a 38 kg experimental spin stabilised satellite and was
launched on this day. The launch of the SLV was a partial
success as the satellite did not reach the intended height
and thus it only stayed in orbit for 9 days. |
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| JOHN ABRAHAM |
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May 31 - Death
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Acharya NARENDRA DEV |
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December 06, 1951: He became the Vice
Chancellor of Faizabad University. |
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PANKAJ ROY |
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May 31 - Birth Anniversary |
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RAJENDRA PRASAD |
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May 31, 1935: During the
Quetta earthquake on this day, he set up Quetta Central
Relief Committee in Sindh and Punjab under his own
presidency. |
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| SACHIN TENDULKAR |
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May-31, 1998 - He scored his ODI Century #16 (scoring 100* runs) at
Kolkata, against Kenya |
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SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI |
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May 31, 1952: It is the
national level academy for performing arts set up by the
Government of India on this day. |
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SHIBU SOREN |
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May 31, 2010: He resigned from the post of
Chief Minister of Jharkhand on this day. |
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SIDDARAMAIAH |
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May 31, 1996 - He took over as the Deputy Chief MInister of the State of
Karnataka. |
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SUBHASH GUPTE |
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May 31 - Death Anniversary |
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| SUNIL LAMBA |
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May 31, 2016 - Took over as Chief of the Naval Staff from the outgoing
Admiral R.K. Dhowan |
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WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY |
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May 31 every year |
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WORLD WAR - I |
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May 31 - June 01, 1916:
Battle of Jutland, the biggest naval
battle in history, ultimately without a clear victor |
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