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Historical Event on 5/31/1968
F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 06/05/71).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/4/1997 | Special Judge Ajit Bharihoke discharges former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao and former Union Minister Prof. K. K. Tewary in St. Kitts forgery case for lack of sufficient evidence. |
| 9/1/1896 | Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta. |
| 4/13/1940 | Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born. |
| 2/19/1994 | Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration. |
| 3/17/1769 | To establish the business of English Mill's Cloth, East Indiian Company had imposed various restriction on weavers of Bengal to destroy the Muslim and textile industry in Bengal , which was meant to destroy the Indian cloth and 'malmal' industry. |
| 8/15/1990 | GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday. |
| 4/30/1992 | Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes. |
| 8/25/1997 | 10,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265. |
| 10/5/1864 | Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died. |
| 1/23/1997 | Statue of Subhash Bose unveiled inside Parliament House. |
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