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Historical Event on 5/31/1994
Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/1/1965 | Pakistan launched Operation 'Grand Slam' in Chhamb sector aimed at Akhnoor in Jammu. Indians had battled Pakistanis in air and on ground at Kashmir. |
| 4/30/1981 | C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985. |
| 6/13/1995 | India and France sign Bilateral Investment Protection pact. |
| 11/18/1839 | P Barron discovered Nainital and he was the British sugar merchant of Shahjahanpur. |
| 1/6/1989 | Satwant Singh (24) and Kehar Singh (54) executed for the murder case of Smt. Indira Gandhi in Tihar Jail at New Delhi. |
| 10/31/1963 | Krishna Menon, resigned from the post of Defence Minister of India, due to Chinese attack. |
| 4/23/1751 | Gilbert Aliat Minto, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
| 4/18/1978 | Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90. |
| 7/18/1994 | Munis Raza, famous educationist and former Chancellor of Delhi University, passed away. |
| 12/12/1971 | The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron. |
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