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Historical Event on 5/31/1996

J. H. Patel sworn in Karnataka CM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1995Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi.
6/13/1940Revolutionary leader Udham Singh was hanged for charges of assassinating Micheal Odair, who was the Governor General of Punjab at the time of Jalianwala Baug massacre.
7/5/1993Supreme Court dismisses the stay petition of Union Government regarding lifting of ban on the RSS and the Bajrang Dal by the Babri Tribunal.
9/5/1918Ratanji Jamshetji Tata, famous Indian industrialist and social reformer, died.
5/8/1910Tolstoy replies to Gandhiji that question of Passive Resistance is of greatest importance, not only for India but for humanity.
12/22/1998Janata Dal's S. Jaipal Reddy selected for the ''best parliamentarian award'' for 1998.
5/8/1996Poll counting begins.
9/16/1996First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.
10/6/1913V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born.
8/18/1979Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died.