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Historical Event on 2/21/1991

Nutan, famous film actress, died at the age of 56 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/27/1929Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the national flag at the All India National Congress session held in Lahore. They resolved for ""Purna Swaraj"" (complete independence) on the instance of Gandhiji, the Viceroy of India that time was Lord Irwin.
9/28/1837Bahadur Shah-II ascended the throne and became the emperor of Delhi at the age of 62 following the death of his father Akbar Shah-II.
2/19/1895Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59.
1/8/1927The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrives after 63 hrs. Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare is on board.
3/5/1990Government announces an interim relief of Rs. 360 crore to 5 lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
10/1/1993The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations.
4/3/1966First Indian-made computer commissioned in Jadavpur University campus.
10/17/1997SEBI asks investors to adopt paperless trading through depository.
3/29/1999A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.
3/13/1940Michael O' Dyer, former Governor of Punjab, was shot by Udham Singh in Caxton Hall at point-blank range in full view of a large gathering in London.