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Historical Event on 5/31/1973
Mohan Kumaramangalam, Central Minister, died in an air crash near Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/23/1955 | Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons. |
| 12/7/1989 | Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister. |
| 8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
| 12/20/1959 | Jasu Patel takes 9-69 during India vs Australia tour at Kanpur. |
| 6/4/1903 | Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban. |
| 6/17/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950). |
| 11/22/1999 | A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, expands cabinet as four more ministers join the ministry including Arun Shourie. |
| 3/25/1933 | Vasantrao Gowarikar, space scientist, was born. |
| 3/1/1950 | The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000. |
| 10/6/1949 | Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune. |
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