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Historical Event on 5/31/1996

J. H. Patel sworn in Karnataka CM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/2000Tata Ramachandra Prasad to be the next Cabinet Secretary.
2/24/1986Rukmini Devi passed away.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
11/17/1994Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.
7/13/1905Premnath Bazaz, famous Kashmir freedom fighter, was born.
10/2/1996Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen.
8/16/1965Indian troops cross Kashmir line, seizes two Pakistani outposts.
1/14/1851Peshwa Bajirao Raghunath, last Peshwa of Marathas, passed away at Brahmawart.
3/11/1948SS Jal Usha, the first ocean-going steamer made in India, was launched from Visakhapatnam.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.