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Historical Event on 5/31/1994

Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1965Government sanction was accorded to the Officers Training School for the start of Short Service Regular Commission.
5/5/2000Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'.
12/17/1929Bhagat Singh and Rajguru killed Sanders, Asst. Suprintendent of Police.
11/29/1962Haryana achieved their target of supplying electricity to 100\% villages.
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
11/20/1969The Union Home Ministry decides to reserve posts for SC\STs in the public sector undertakings.
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
12/12/1908Gaandhiji released from Volksrust Gaol. Indian National Congress adopts resolution on South Africa, criticizing the harsh, humiliating and cruel treatment to British Indians in South Africa as injurious to English Empire.
5/16/1998India rejects China's charges on N-tests.
8/29/1975Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.