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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
9/7/1965U.S. suspends military aid to India and Pakistan.
10/27/1907Sardar Bhagat Singh, the great martyr, was born in village Banga, Lyallpur (now in Pakistsan) in a reputed Sikh freedom fighter's family.
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.
4/6/1985Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final.
4/6/1985Nasiru'd-din Muhammad Shah I passed away. His son-in-law Ghiyasu'd-din Balban succeeded Nasiru'd-din Mahmud in Delhi.
11/22/1915Mohandas Gandhi returns to India.
2/1/1972International Airports Authority of India established.
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
3/27/1992India signs Friendship Treaty with Ukraine.
9/17/1997Kalpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI), the only U-233 fuelled operating reactor in the world, attains maximum capacity of 30 KW.