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Historical Event on 5/31/1977

Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/2000The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.
9/7/1995Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar.
11/12/1930First 'Round Table Conference' started in London. Only Muslim League party was present in the conference and there were no representative of Congress. 16 Indian Kings, 23 British representatives and other 56 Indians took part in this conference. The Muslim League consisted of Sir Agha Khan, Mohammed Ali Jauhar, Quaid-e-Azam, Sir Mohammed Shafi, Fazl-ul-Haq, Chaudhary Zafarullah and Ghulam Hussain.
6/13/1996Govt. extends for another 2 years the ban imposed on LTTE w.e.f. 14/6/1996 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
2/8/1948Indian govt. bans Muslim groups 'Khaksars' and 'League National Guard'.
5/12/1930R. H. Tahiliyani, former Navy Chief of India Admiral, was born.
11/10/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move.
12/25/1937Pitambar Datt Kaushika, great educationist, was born at Bulandshahar.
4/5/1940Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian Missionary, died in Calcutta. He is also referred as ""Deenabandhu Andrews"".
7/23/1898Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, well known Bangla novelist, was born.