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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
11/24/1992Milan Kumar Banerjee appointed Attorney General.
9/25/1999Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu.
12/6/1992300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition.
11/9/1997Film Federation of India chooses Malayalam film 'Guru' as official entry for Oscar awards.
8/13/1795Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70.
1/3/1921First Indian Parliament meets.
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3/22/1996Golden Temple renamed Harmandir Sahib (its original name meaning 'abode of God').
7/20/1916Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai.
10/24/1856Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was arrested by the British Government at Sambalpur for distributing grains from the warehouse to the people. He was sent to jail at Raipur.