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Historical Event on 1/21/1956
Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/4/2000 | Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the last member of the British royal family to bear the title ''Empress of India'', celebrated her 100th birthday. |
| 10/4/1986 | Helicoptor Corporation of India established. |
| 1/16/1620 | Amarsingh I, Rajput's guhilot lineage king of Mewad, died. |
| 8/11/2000 | Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away. |
| 4/5/1614 | Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. |
| 6/29/1966 | Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous mathematics expert, died. |
| 5/14/1953 | Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957. |
| 1/5/1659 | Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad. |
| 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. |
| 7/29/1998 | The Pratapsingh Rane Ministry in Goa is dismissed. The Governor instals Dr. Wilfred Desouza as Chief Minister. |
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