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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.

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12/19/1917Ashoknath Banerjee, Governor of Karnataka, was born.
11/22/1913Lakshmikant Jha, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir state and international famed ecomonist, was born.
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1/24/1980J.S. Bawa became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 28/02/85).
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