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Historical Event on 5/31/1987

Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/1999IRS-P4(OCEANSAT) with an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) and two small satellites (KITSAT of Korea and TUBSAT of Germany) launched by PSLV-C2.
4/24/1965Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal.
4/18/1971Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay.
1/28/1902Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise.
9/12/1932Vijaya Shriniwas Jahagirdas, famous Marathi story writer and poet, was born.
8/5/1604John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized.
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950).
6/17/1947Burma was adopted as republic by constitution assembly.
10/24/1789Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born
9/30/2000India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.