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Historical Event on 4/21/1990
18 more ministers added in the National Front Ministry.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/30/1934 | Chintamani Nagesh Ramachandra Rao, famous Scientist and Chemist, was born. His research work confines to ""Solid State Chemistry"". In 1982 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. |
| 2/4/1992 | National Renewal Fund for industries set up. |
| 4/29/1998 | The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99. |
| 1/14/1761 | The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony. |
| 5/2/1985 | Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 10/10/1990 | Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60. |
| 10/10/1990 | Amir Timur left Delhi. He took the title 'Emperor of India' and recrossed the Indus on March 11. |
| 10/10/1990 | Babur Shah, Mughal Emperior, defeated Afghan Nawab Nasrat Shah, king of Bengal, on the banks of the Gand and the Ghaghra river. |
| 8/15/1947 | India and Pakistan gain independence (dominion status). Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Mohammad Ali Jinnah is appointed the Governor General of Pakistan. Independent India's first cabinet meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister held. Members of the first Cabinet were: 1. J. L. Nehru - PM, External and Commonwealth Relations and Scientific Research, 2. Sardar Patel - Home Information and Broadcasting and States, 3. Dr. Rajendra Praised - Food and Agriculture, 4. Maulana Azad - Education, 5. John Mathai - Railways and Transport, 6. Sardar Baldev Singh - Defence, 7. Jagjivan Ram - Labour, 8. C. H. Bhabha - Commerce, 9. R. A. Kidwai - Communications, 10. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - Health, 11. B. R. Ambedkar - Law 12. R. K. Sanmukham Chetty - Finance, 13. Shyama Prasad Mookerji - Industries and Supplies, 14. N. V. Gadgil - Works, Mines and Power. |
| 3/10/1939 | 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad, India. |
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