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Historical Event on 5/31/1970

Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/19/1904Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
3/5/1699Maharaja Jaisingh-II crowned as King of Jaipur kingdom and sat on Amber throne.
1/5/1955Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal).
12/21/1999The Gujarat Government asks the Hindu Jagran March to go-ahead with the 'Shilanyas' for a Ram temple at Halmodi in Surat district.
2/12/1882Satyendranath Dutt, famous Bengali poet, was born.
11/16/1990Allahabad High Court stays UP Government's decision to increase reservation quota for Backward Classes.
9/28/1954137 people were killed when an Express Train fell from a flood-damaged bridge near East of Hydrabad.
10/3/1977Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi.
5/11/1985Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India.
10/28/1996Goa upset Karnataka to win their first Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever.