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Historical Event on 5/31/1926
Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen, cricket wicket-keeper (India in late 40's/early 50's), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/1/1968 | Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989), was born in Solapur. |
| 3/2/1952 | Sindri Fertilizer Factory, Bihar, formally inaugurated by Nehru. It was the first Government owned company. |
| 10/21/1950 | China invades Tibet. |
| 7/17/1996 | Madras to be known as 'Chennai' henceforth. |
| 6/2/1953 | Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m. |
| 10/22/1933 | Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, leader, politician, President of the Central Assembly, lawyer and member of parliament, died in Geneva. |
| 9/30/1989 | INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay. |
| 4/10/1937 | Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away. |
| 10/13/1911 | Sister Nivedita, follower of Vivekanand, died. |
| 4/2/1994 | Ravi Naik sworn in CM. |
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