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Historical Event on 8/21/1990

Prasar Bharati Bill moved in the Lok Sabha .

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1999India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.
1/15/1966The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
5/15/1996The 11th Lok Sabha constituted as Election Commission submits a list of 534 successful candidates to President.
9/30/1981Pakistan Commando soldiers release 66 hostages in Lahore from five Khalistan hijackers and activists of the Dal Khalsa International.
7/25/1997Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India.
3/23/1967Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away.
8/28/1973India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis.
11/29/1952First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay.
7/30/1996Delhi High Court rejects Narasimha Rao's petition seeking quashing of 09 order of chief metropolitan magistrate summoning him to appear as co-accused in the $ 100,000 Lakhubhai cheating case.