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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
12/20/1988The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.
1/17/1997Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas.
10/24/1934Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay.
11/2/1971Roberto Fernandes, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Goa.
4/10/1935Vasudevaru Kesavaru (K.V. Manalikkera), famous writer and poet, was born at Madras.
1/31/1961Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, first Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
9/12/1962Raghav Rangayya, famous Hindi poet, story writer and novelist, died.
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.
8/12/1905Japan, Britain reach an accord determining spheres of influence in Far East; India to remain with the British.
7/11/1998The Government reduces customs duty on edible oils under the Open General Licence from 20 to 10 per cent.