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Historical Event on 5/31/1987

Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/15/1920Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.
2/22/1845Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company.
8/19/1944The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
2/25/1968Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 16/12/1970.
3/23/1995Shakti Chattopadhyay, famous poet, passed away.
7/31/1993K. Vijaya Rama Rao became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/96).
7/27/1994Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
8/8/1966India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty.
7/29/1987India and Sri Lanka sign peace accord at Colombo in a bid to end the 5-year old ethnic trouble. This stance taken thereafter by the LTTE added several dimensions to the scenario. It was a multi-purpose role that the Navy has been required to play.