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Historical Event on 12/21/1992

BJP-sponsored no-trust motion against the Rao Government defeated 334-106 in the Lok Sabha; Vajpayee ends fast.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
7/24/1991Industrial licensing scrapped.
10/18/1983Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer 55 Tests for India, 3208 runs @ 39.12, died.
4/2/1996Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) party registered and recognised.
1/20/1871Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata, famous Indian industrialist, was born.
1/22/1858Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death.
3/4/1990V. P. Singh resigns as party president, but asked to continue.
3/8/1930Mahatma Gandhi started civil disobedience movement continues in India.
9/15/1953S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.