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Historical Event on 5/31/1997
Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/7/1995 | India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham). |
| 8/4/1929 | Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician. |
| 8/10/1986 | Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was Chief of Army Staff, at the time of 'Operation Blue Star', was shot dead at Pune. |
| 8/10/1986 | Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born. |
| 8/10/1986 | Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor. |
| 12/7/1989 | Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister. |
| 12/12/1901 | Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December. |
| 4/4/1942 | Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War. |
| 7/16/1856 | Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage. |
| 7/30/1993 | CBI arrests Bhupen Dalal and three other brokers for cheating of LIC Mutual Funds involving Rs.173 crore. |
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