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Historical Event on 5/31/1994

Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/2000Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship.
6/19/1997Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
1/31/1961Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, first Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
7/27/1992Amjad Khan, famous film actor, died.
7/10/2000Pete Sampras wins his 7th singles Wimbledon title and his 13th Grand Slam title overtaking Roy Emerson's 12 titles.
9/11/1921Subramania Bharati, freedom fighter, Tamil poet and editor, passed away at an early age of 39.
8/5/1981Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).
2/16/1994Military Museum established at Ahmadnagar.
1/1/1981This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year for the Disabled"".