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Historical Event on 5/21/1992
Manohar J.Pherwani, 58, Chairman of the National Housing Bank, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/14/1658 | Dara Sulaiman Shukoh was defeated in the struggle for Delhi throne Shuja's in the battle of Bahadurpur near Varanasi. |
| 9/11/1985 | Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India. |
| 8/15/1992 | Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan. |
| 1/27/1972 | V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 2/10/1931 | Capital of India shifted from Old Delhi to New Delhi, formal inauguration of New Delhi City took place. |
| 12/31/1999 | This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management. |
| 3/9/1836 | Navalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous writer and Gujrati critic , was born. |
| 12/19/1994 | K. A. P. Vishwanathan, famous Tamil author, passed away. |
| 1/7/1988 | Mrs. Janaki Ramachandran sworn in as CM of Tamil Nadu. |
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