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Historical Event on 5/21/1990
PM V. P. Singh clears the Rs. 13,000 crore Sardar Sarovar Project over the river Narmada.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/29/2000 | Nayudu award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. Hemu Adhikari. |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
| 1/15/1997 | Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space for the first time. |
| 12/8/1879 | Jatindranath Mukherjee (Jatin Bagha), famous revolutionary, was born in Jessore. |
| 4/19/1997 | I.K. Gujral, External Affairs Minister, chosen leader of United Front in place of Deve Gowda. |
| 6/28/1883 | Shivprasad Gupta, social reformer, politician, leader, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, was born at Varanasi. |
| 5/11/1999 | Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on four of the 26 accused, life imprisionment to three and acquitted the remaining 19 people. |
| 6/22/1917 | Mohy-id-Din Hajini, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Kashmir (Hajin). |
| 5/28/1970 | All India Trade Union Congress was divided. |
| 10/25/1990 | JD and BJP withdrew support to Rajasthan and Gujarat governments respectively. |
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