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Historical Event on 5/31/1928
Pankaj Khirod Roy, cricketer (Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad), was born in Calcutta. He was the recipient of Padmashree (1975).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/20/1944 | Rameshchandra Saxena, a one Test batsman (India vs England 1967), was born in Delhi. |
| 10/2/1994 | Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary. |
| 2/26/1972 | President Varahgiri Venkat Giri inaugurated the Vikram Earth Satellite Station at Wardha near Arvi. |
| 12/28/1932 | Britain says it is to release 28,000 prisoners, including Gandhi. |
| 2/23/1843 | Narendranath Sen, famous journalist, was born. |
| 6/25/1975 | President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the declaration of Emergency Rule in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the same very next day. |
| 1/29/1997 | Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement. |
| 2/5/1981 | Kuda Bux, great Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), passed away at 75. |
| 4/8/1998 | Prem Singh Lalpura, who defied the Akali Dal leadership, not taking oath as a Lok Sabha member on denial of a ministerial berth, is expelled by the party. |
| 9/17/1997 | Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998. |
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