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Historical Event on 3/21/1997
Jockey Vasant Shinde retires.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/11/1998 | Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft. |
| 6/24/1986 | Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave. |
| 12/19/1857 | The trial on Raja Nahar Singh, who was arrested and then was prisioned at Metcalfe House, began on Saturday at 1100 hrs at Delhi. |
| 10/5/1949 | A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died. |
| 7/1/1882 | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great professor, politician, physician, leader and veteran nationalist, was born at Patna. |
| 9/22/2000 | Kerala High Court suspends the sentence awarded by the Kottayam Special Court on 32 accused in the Suryanelli rape case. |
| 6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
| 2/12/1990 | Assembly election in Manipur. |
| 7/23/1996 | India's admission to Asian Regional Forum was endorsed by Foreign Ministers of the group at Jakarta. |
| 12/25/1997 | India-Sri Lanka one-day cricket match at Indore abandoned after three overs owing to a bad state of the pitch, which was a rare occurance. |
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