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Historical Event on 10/21/1906
Gandhiji went to England till Nov 30 on deputation to present Indians' case to Colonial Secretary.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/3/1764 | Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India. |
| 4/13/1994 | United Arab Emirates lost to India in its first official ODI. |
| 12/16/2000 | Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International. |
| 4/8/1994 | Dr. Wilfred D'Souza re-installed as Goa CM. |
| 9/25/1928 | Madhavrao Gadkari, great litterateur and editor, was born. |
| 10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
| 7/3/1991 | Kailash Sethi was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 22-07-1996. |
| 5/23/1995 | TADA expires and new Anti-Terrorists Activities Law proposed. Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 1995, voting put off; Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill 1995. |
| 9/30/1999 | A B Vajpayee, Prime Minister, calls upon the people at an election campaign in Lucknow to give him a five-year term. |
| 7/12/1920 | Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
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