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Historical Event on 5/31/1995

Statute Bill, a constitutional amendment bill, introduced in Lok Sabha to extend reservation in jobs and in promotion for SCs and STs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/26/1844Gooroodas Banerjee was born in Calcutta. He was a Judge of Calcutta High Court.
6/22/1898The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India.
12/19/1945Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial Hospital at Santiniketan.
1/1/1988The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA.
12/16/1999The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.
12/16/1999King Birbal, renowned wit and one amongst the 'Navratna' of Emperor Akbar's Court, died in a war with Usuf Jard Kabile.
4/11/1992Dr. M.M.Thomas, Nagaland Governor, removed from office.
12/4/1661Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan Ali Nagi.
2/14/1922Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born.
10/29/1996Kamini' (Kalpakkam Mini), a 30 KW research reactor which uses man-made Uranium-233 as fuel and the only working reactor of its kind in the world, attains 'criticality'.