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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
5/29/1915Sita Ram Surajmal Jajoo, social reformer and politician, was born at Neemuch Cantt, M.P.
2/19/1855U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.
8/1/1997Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.
8/4/1845Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay.
11/18/1948Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna.
1/12/1906Pandit Mahadeo Shastri Joshi, dictionary creator, was born.
7/24/1996Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs.
8/11/1961Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.
5/21/1935Quetta earthquake takes a heavy toll of life.
7/5/1996Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party.