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Historical Event on 5/31/1998

B. R. Rawat, an Indian diplomat, is assaulted by a Pakistani private security guard in Islamabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1943Gandhi begins hunger strike to protest imprisonment. This strike lasted for 21 days till March 3.
3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
5/26/1998S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal.
11/18/1911Free primary school education is introduced.
1/26/1988A Post Office was established at Dakshin Gangotri under the Goa Postal Division. (11-7-89).
4/20/1971India won Cricket Test Rubber' for the first time after defeating West Indies Cricket Team.
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7/24/1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
9/1/1942Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army.
1/17/1922T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born.