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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
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
5/7/1912Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born.
2/18/199247 die in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam Mahamakham stampede.
12/23/1930The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt.
10/4/1857Shyamji Krishna Varma, freedom fighter, nationalist and patriot, was born at Mandvi village, Gujarat.
9/23/1803British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye.
3/1/1924Naresh Mehta was born.
3/2/1996Malabar University (Kerala) comes into being.
11/20/1760Phattesingh Bhosle passed away.
4/27/1996First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states.