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Historical Event on 5/21/1994

Sushmita Sen (Miss India), 18, was crowned as the 43rd Miss Universe.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/30/1913B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born.
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
2/21/1953Tillaya Dam and Bokaro Power Station opened by the PM.
1/11/1993Communal violence in Bombay and Ahmedabad spreads; By-elections postponed.
10/3/1997Devi Lal floats a new party 'Haryana Lok Dal'.
5/26/1999IRS-P4(OCEANSAT) with an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) and two small satellites (KITSAT of Korea and TUBSAT of Germany) launched by PSLV-C2.
8/1/1993Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam.
7/26/1933Gandhiji went back to Sabarmati Ashram after his release from jail.
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.