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Historical Event on 5/31/1995

Statute Bill, a constitutional amendment bill, introduced in Lok Sabha to extend reservation in jobs and in promotion for SCs and STs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1948Human Rights Day.
7/16/1956K. L. Pawar, who guided students for the written examinations, was born.
4/5/1979First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.
2/2/1814Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also.
9/22/1991Durga Khote, film actress and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 86 years.
12/12/1930Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods.
2/17/1931Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"".
10/1/1919Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar, famous Marathi poet and screenplay writer, was born.
12/14/1998The Government introduces the controversial Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha.
6/10/1955Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.