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Historical Event on 10/21/1996
Japan gets non-permanent seat in Security Council after a contest with India.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/7/1998 | The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma. |
9/3/1916 | Annie Besant started 'Home Rule' movement. |
2/6/1998 | V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar. |
10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
2/10/1691 | Job Charnock established the first English factory in Calcutta. |
9/14/1893 | Celebration of 'Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav' (Festival of Lord Ganesha) started. |
8/1/1882 | Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.). |
10/15/1866 | Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, playwright and journalist, was born. |
4/16/1958 | Raghuram Adwai Bhat, great Indian left-arm spinner 1983-84, was born at Mangalore. |
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