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Historical Event on 2/21/1987
Pakistan President Gen. Zia visits India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/11/1987 | Rajiv Government defeats the first ever no-confidence motion. |
| 5/22/1991 | Shripad Amrit Dange, veteran communist leader, passed away. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 10/6/1913 | V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born. |
| 7/4/1899 | Vishnuprasad Ranchhoddas Trivedi, famous critic in Gujrati, educationist and author, was born at Umreth, Gujarat . |
| 1/5/1995 | India receives first consignment of Chinese Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) for the 2 US built Tarapur nuclear plant with the approval of IAEA. |
| 1/18/1999 | The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack. |
| 3/28/1991 | Chautala asked by Governor to prove his majority on the floor of the house. |
| 1/27/1904 | R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born. |
| 6/20/1992 | CPM decides to back Dr. Sharma. |
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