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Historical Event on 5/31/1947

Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1975Hindi Post Guards was established by Government.
10/12/1967National Conference, the Working Committee of Jammu and Kashmir, unanimously passed the proposal to a permanent merger of the state with India.
5/4/1783Tipu Sultan was enthroned as the ruler of Mysore after the death of Haider Ali in a simple ceremony at Bednur. He continued the Second Mysore War against the English. He defeated many EnglishGenerals like Brithwhite & Col. Bailey. Tipu Sultan signed the treaty at Mangalore on 11th March 1784 A.D. which was known as the Mangalore treaty.
3/4/1895Surendra Singh Majithia, great industrialist, was born.
12/8/1999Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.
9/21/1984National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources and National Institute of Animal Genetics were set up. These institutes were initially located in the campus of southern regional station of National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore. They were then shifted to Karnal in July 1985.
8/11/1956The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act.
1/25/1980Awards regarding Public Honour were re-started by Goverment of India; Mother Teresa was honoured by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, etc.
6/29/1924Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians), was born.
6/13/1992Purushottam Diwakar Dhavle, famous journalist, passed away.