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Historical Event on 5/21/1984

Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/15/1993K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93.
12/26/1991Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India.
11/5/1999Malcom Marshall, legendary West Indian fast bowler, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after battling colon cancer for over six months.
4/27/1996General Election (11th) of India begins.
9/15/1992Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked.
3/27/1845Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and first nobel prize winner, was born at Lennep, Germany.
9/10/1623Shah Jahan entered Rajputana and raided Amber crossing the Tapti. He arrived near the kingdom of Golconda and from there passed on to Orissa which was surrendered to him.
9/29/1981Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.
1/20/1995Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution.
10/5/1949A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died.