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Historical Event on 5/21/1991

Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by human bomb explosion plotted by LTTE at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Madras, at 10.20 P.M.

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8/22/1994Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives.
3/26/1990Pratap Singh Rane,Goa CM, resigns.
7/25/2000P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi.
7/28/1909Brahmanand Reddi Kasu, politician, was born at Madras.
11/2/1992Nine Maharashtra ministers resign.
5/29/1965Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time.
9/20/1886Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, was born at Sibsagar.
9/22/1999India asks Pakistan to prevent the reported attempt by the JKLF to cross the Line of Control (LOC) on October 4.
2/20/1968First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language.
6/8/2000Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).