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Historical Event on 2/21/1983

More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
1/12/1953Patel Chest Institute opened by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. All India Khadi Board constituted with centre at Bombay.
1/31/1983The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah.
4/12/1997Maharashtra assembly adopts bill banning interviews for admitting students to pre-primary schools.
4/1/1989Shridhar Madhav Joshi (S. M. Joshi), great socialist leader, passed away.
12/16/1999Bill on Cyber law is introduced in the Lok Sabha.
1/1/1985United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".
4/13/1984India beat Pak by 58 runs to win the first Cricket Asia Cup in Sharjah.
4/6/1992Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started.
4/17/1997Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died.