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Historical Event on 5/31/1970
Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/21/1922 | Juda Reuben, cricket Test umpire for 10 tests from 1969-77, was born in Mumbai. |
| 6/17/1903 | Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born. |
| 7/22/1918 | During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force. |
| 7/27/1927 | Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 10/30/1924 | Word Saving Day. |
| 12/4/1910 | Motilal, famous film actor, was born. |
| 1/9/1935 | Britain signs the Trade Pack with India. |
| 8/26/1852 | Bombay Association was established. |
| 2/4/1944 | Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma |
| 8/11/1893 | First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra. |
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