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Historical Event on 10/21/1995
Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/10/1978 | Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'. |
2/11/1933 | First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi. |
7/24/2000 | S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad. |
7/14/1946 | India grants Siam a 20 year, 3 mil. credit to increase export of Siamese rice. |
4/17/1996 | Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court. |
9/27/1833 | Raja Rammohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician passed away at Stapleton Grove in England. |
9/27/1833 | Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated. |
8/4/1979 | Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay. |
1/18/1985 | Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held. |
7/1/1941 | C. Y. Chintamani died. |
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