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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 |
| 10/31/1990 | Religious clashes between Hindus and Muslims leave more than 180 people dead. |
| 11/18/1911 | Free primary school education is introduced. |
| 2/2/1996 | Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair. |
| 3/5/1868 | Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar alias Save Dada, who filmed the felicitation function of Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye, was born. This film was titled as ""The Fresh Indian Regular of Cambridge University."" He was the First Short Documentary Film Maker of India. |
| 2/14/1924 | Ikramullah (Ikram Sagri) Khan, famous Hindi poet, was born at Rehli in Madhya Pradesh. |
| 4/26/1858 | Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 4/26/1858 | Babur declared battle against Rana Sangram Singh. |
| 11/28/1993 | JRD Tata, 89, passed away in Geneva. |
| 8/17/1994 | Opposition ends Parliament boycott. |
| 4/18/1991 | Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country. |
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