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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 |
| 3/22/1977 | Ayillyath Kuttiari Goplan, freedom fighter, social reformer and Marxist leader, passed away in Trivandrum. |
| 6/18/1989 | India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces. |
| 3/7/1996 | Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians. |
| 10/11/1996 | Supreme Court ruling on change of venue of Rao's trial. |
| 2/22/1905 | Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind). |
| 8/15/1947 | The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President. |
| 9/28/1985 | The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87). |
| 12/27/1988 | The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan. |
| 5/9/1908 | Arkalgudun Krishnarao, Kannad writer, was born. |
| 11/16/1989 | 66 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued. |
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