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Historical Event on 3/21/1997

Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
1/16/1924In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died.
1/31/1961Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, first Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
3/20/2000Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State.
1/3/1917Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born.
6/6/1961Central Institute of Fisheries Education, a deemed university, was established in Mumbai to impart post-graduate education and training, mainly to the in-service fisheries personnel of the country to provide trained manpower for the fisheries developmental activities.
12/29/1996Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested.
9/12/1965Army fights back heavy Indian tank attacks at Pakistan.
11/18/1974Telex Service started between India and Pakistan.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.