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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
6/28/1995Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers.
9/23/1997India win Sahara Cup Cricket series by 4-1 victory over Pakistan.
8/22/1818Warren Hastings, first Governor General of India (1773-84), died at the age of 85.
2/14/1996Supreme Court orders CBI probe into a housing scam in which 8,700 govt. houses were allotted out-of-turn.
3/29/1970Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March.
3/29/1849Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar.
8/10/1988Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue.
11/28/1945Australia Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs India at Calcutta.
5/11/1985Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India.
7/22/1702The ""English Company of Merchants"" and the old East India Company was named the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies"". In1833, this name finally changed to East India Company.