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Historical Event on 12/21/1999

The Gujarat Government asks the Hindu Jagran March to go-ahead with the 'Shilanyas' for a Ram temple at Halmodi in Surat district.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/15/1967Ramkrishnarao Burgula, Chief Minister of Hyderabad, died.
3/21/1997Jockey Vasant Shinde retires.
5/13/1962Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
4/18/1978Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90.
4/21/1994Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film.
3/5/1851Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta.
11/15/1993Supreme Court rules that the CEC is supreme
12/10/1878Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great social reformer, ardent patriot, incisive thinker and eminent literateur was born at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. He was the first Indian Governor General of independent India and popularly known as 'Rajaji'.
4/24/1993IA's Delhi-Srinagar Boeing with 141 persons, hijacked by a Kashmiri militant lands, in Amritsar.