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Historical Event on 5/31/1981

First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1990Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.
11/9/1962Dhondo Keshav Karve, social reformer and educationist Bharat Ratna awardee, died.
9/15/1862Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born.
7/15/1936Hridayanand 'Kumaresh' Tiwari, great Hindi poet and writer, was born in Reoti, U.P.
6/18/1997Prakash Padukone launches IBC.
4/18/1991Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country.
7/21/1977K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
11/20/1917J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta.
5/12/1992Ms. Santosh Yadav (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) becomes the second Indian woman to set foot atop Mt. Everest.
3/17/1955Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products.