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Historical Event on 3/21/1993

The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1977Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/02/1978.
4/2/1997Sumita Sinha of Dhanbad, (18 years college girl) became a world record holder when a 3,200 kg Ambassador car passed over her.
10/18/19921,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.
2/24/1867Kedarnath Das, geat physiologist, was born.
2/17/1986Jiddu Krishnamurti, famous Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), passed away at the age of 90 yrs at Ojai, California, USA.
7/2/1992Six new ministers inducted into the Union Cabinet.
12/19/1994K. A. P. Vishwanathan, famous Tamil author, passed away.
8/20/1974Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed elected President of India with B. D. Jatti as Vice President.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
4/15/2000Baichung Bhutia became the first Asian-player to score a goal in the professional English game.