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Historical Event on 5/31/1818
Samachar Darpan, the first vernacular newspaper, was published in Bengali language by Carey and Marshman from Serampore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/30/1989 | Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away. |
| 3/4/1895 | Surendra Singh Majithia, great industrialist, was born. |
| 1/20/1931 | Saroj Kumari', a feature film produced by Mahavir Photoplays and Theatres Ltd., Secunderabad, was prohibited on January 20 on the grounds that it was ''sordid'' and ''revolting''. |
| 6/18/1943 | British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India. |
| 12/17/1715 | Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army. |
| 6/10/1833 | Azad Muhammad Jussain, Urdu poet and educationalist, was born. |
| 3/28/1916 | Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away. |
| 8/12/1952 | Social Welfare Board inaugurated in the Parliament. |
| 9/9/1941 | Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad. |
| 5/28/1964 | A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader. |
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