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Historical Event on 5/31/1981

First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1957Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made.
2/3/1954More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad.
8/27/1994Indian soldiers and Muslim militants clash in Kashmir.
11/5/1906Initials of the place of issuance of notes were started to be printed instead of Issuing Circle's name.
2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.
3/3/1707Shehejade Muajjam declared himself as the successor of Aurangzeb and renamed himself Bahadurshah First.
12/1/1989V. P. Singh is named the new prime minister.
11/5/1977Indira Gandhi arrested and released unconditionally. The External Affairs Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi.
1/18/1925Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born.
3/7/1911Sachchitanand Hiranand Vatsyayan, (Agyeya), modern Hindi literary journalist, freedom fighter and the winner of Jnanpith Award of 1979, was born.