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Historical Event on 5/31/1981

First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
2/28/1997Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presents an action-packed budget for 1997-98.
6/27/1922Vaidyalingam Akhiladam Perunglur, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Tamil author, was born.
10/30/1883Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, died in Ajmer.
10/9/1931Air Force was established.
4/26/1952India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries.
5/10/198559 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks.
11/20/1902Gandhiji returned to South Africa at the request of the Indian community and revived the Indians against Anti-Asian Laws.
11/25/1998Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era.
3/30/1989Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away.