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Historical Event on 5/31/1988

Dwarika Prasad Mishra, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1872Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex.
2/5/1992Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.
10/26/1999India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
5/13/1956Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
3/10/1969Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union.
8/17/1932V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born.
4/23/1795East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.
3/11/1993Gen. K.V. Krishna Rao returns to Jammu & Kashmir as Governor.