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Historical Event on 5/30/1991

Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/6/1998A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh.
9/14/1992Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives.
8/25/1997Forest outlaw Veerappan seeks more time to decide on his surrender as per the terms of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka government.
4/8/1831Ram Mohan Roy landed in England.
12/6/1892Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, was born at Madurai.
5/15/1996The 11th Lok Sabha constituted as Election Commission submits a list of 534 successful candidates to President.
7/15/1902Judge K. Subba Rao, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
3/24/1896Thiripad V. T. Bhatt, author and journalist, was born.
5/26/1906Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"".
12/15/1980Hema Chengkalath, female Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calgary, Canada.