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Historical Event on 5/21/1991
Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by human bomb explosion plotted by LTTE at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Madras, at 10.20 P.M.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/15/1894 | Saraswatibai, famous singer and classical music expert, was born. |
| 3/10/1939 | 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad, India. |
| 3/10/1926 | Dilbagh Singh, Air Chief Marshal, the second Sikh Chief of Air Staff and Indian Air Force, was born in Punjab. |
| 11/8/1893 | Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore. |
| 9/16/2000 | In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution. |
| 4/20/1973 | Rioting over food shortages ends after three days in Nagpur. |
| 4/11/1999 | Chetan Baboor and Poulomi Ghatak won the men's and women's titles resp. in the India Cup table tennis in Mumbai. |
| 5/28/1998 | India takes retaliatory measures against Australia for its unilateral action. |
| 11/21/1969 | Bhilai Steel Plant creates a new world record in steel-making by producing 'one heat' in four hours three minutes. |
| 3/23/1898 | Nalinibala Devi, Assamia poet, was born. |
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