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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
2/10/1949Pune University' established.
11/19/1917Indira (Pridarshani) Gandhi, the first Indian Lady Prime Minister, was born at Allahabad. She was the only child of Jawharlal Nehru and took active participation in freedom fight by forming ""Vanar Sena"" (a team of young detectives). She lead India in a successful war against Pakistan to seperate East and West Pakistans and establish the nation of Banglades
2/16/1980The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.
11/1/1985Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning.
10/28/1981Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
12/27/1987Vijaypal Singh sets a record for TJ in 16.79s at Trivandrum .
2/20/1997RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.
8/29/1956India gets $ 360 million loan as food aid.
4/18/1961Pamella Bordes, photographer and model, was born in New Dehli, India.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.