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Historical Event on 5/31/1891

Buddhagaya Mahabodhi Society, an organization to encourage Buddhist studies in India and abroad, was established by a Buddhist monk Anagarika Dharmapala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/16/1911Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah.
5/22/1970Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'.
2/12/1932Roby James Francis D. Silva, great industrialist, artist and designer, was born at Bombay.
9/29/1836Chamber of Commerce and Industry was established in Madras
7/31/1992Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award.
7/19/1998Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
12/25/1991Ajit Singh expelled from the JD.
12/31/1738Lord Charles Cornvalis, Governor General of India (1786-1793), was born.
12/31/1943Ben Kingsley Scarborough, English actor (Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice), was born.
2/14/2000The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor.