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Historical Event on 7/21/1984
Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/9/1900 | Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, died in Ranchi Jail. |
5/4/1989 | Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, passed away. |
6/29/1757 | Mir Zafar was installed on the throne as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orrisa from Murshidabad. |
9/3/1987 | Vishwanathan Anand, 17, becomes India's first and the world's youngest Grandmaster. |
7/26/1922 | Girilal Jain, famous journalist and editor, was born. |
6/3/1924 | Muthuvel Karunanidhi, politician and playwright, was born in Thirukkuvalai (Thanjavur). |
10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
2/20/2000 | India-born Mr. Ujjal Dosanjh (52), leader of New Democratic Party, sworn in Canada's first Indo-Canadian Premier of British Columbia. |
5/12/1993 | Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states. |
10/18/1992 | Zimbabwe's first Test match vs India at Harare. |
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