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Historical Event on 5/31/1947
Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/16/1992 | Prices of steel and iron decontrolled. |
| 9/20/1932 | Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables. |
| 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. |
| 2/7/2000 | Kamaluddin Ahmed, former APCC(I) president and four times Congress MP, joins the BJP. |
| 8/1/1958 | Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave. |
| 7/2/1992 | Six new ministers inducted into the Union Cabinet. |
| 1/22/1886 | Harikrishna Premi, Hindi writer, passed away. |
| 3/31/1930 | Shyamji Krishna Varma, freedom fighter, nationalist and patriot, passed away in Geneva. |
| 10/4/1986 | Helicoptor Corporation of India established. |
| 4/23/1926 | Madhavrao Sapre, great political leader, passed away. |
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