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Historical Event on 1/21/1999

Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, suspends his party's protest against the coming India-Pakistan cricket matches after an urgent meeting with the Union Home Minister in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/1942Gandhiji meets Sir Stafford Cripps in New Delhi; later declares Cripps proposals to be a ""post-dated cheque"".
5/17/1887Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.
11/8/2000India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi.
10/11/1988Janata Dal, a new national centrist opposition party, launched. V. P. Singh elected President.
6/11/1998Chetak helicopter of IAF rescued a Border Security Force Jawan stuck waist deep in quicksand.
10/20/1969Punjabrao Agriculture University established.
8/10/1998Sri Bhuteshanandji Maharaj, 97, president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, died in Calcutta.
12/25/1964Anil Kaul, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96), was born in Amritsar, India.
12/3/1971Indo-Pakistan war begins. On the same day National Emergency was declared by the President of India due to war between both the countries.
12/31/1998Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.