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Historical Event on 5/31/1994

Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1998Jaswant Singh is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission after the resignation of Prof. Madhu Dandavate.
4/13/1982Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.
10/27/1920Kocheril Raman Narayanan was born in the village of Uzhavoor in Kottayam district, Kerala.
5/3/1945Hurricane-equipped squadrons played a major role in the Arakan offensive which began in December 1944, disrupting the enemy's lines of communication and constantly harrying the Japanese forces until victory was achieved with the re-occupation of Rangoon.
5/3/1945Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
12/10/1907Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature.
10/12/1967National Conference, the Working Committee of Jammu and Kashmir, unanimously passed the proposal to a permanent merger of the state with India.
3/12/1972Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats.
3/12/1992Centenary celebrations held at Kasturba Hospital for Infections diseases. (CIVIC).
8/3/1890Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, was born at Varanasi.