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Historical Event on 5/21/1996
General Election (11th) of India ended.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/3/1908 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested as a traitor by the Britishers. |
| 12/1/1991 | Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara. |
| 5/25/1961 | Woorkeri Venkar Raman, left-hand batsman and slow-spin bowler, was born in Madras. |
| 12/31/1706 | Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674. |
| 2/16/1923 | Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away. |
| 2/3/1969 | Thiru Conjeevaram Natrajan Annadurai ""Anna"", a great patriot, writer, editor, orator, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and the commencer of Dravid Movement, passed away. He was the key person in formation of Anna Dramuk Party. |
| 12/10/1989 | Janardan Swami passed away. |
| 9/16/1931 | Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan, popularly known as George Sudarshan, was born in Kottayam, Kerala. He was a physicist of world repute. |
| 6/6/1997 | U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal. |
| 7/13/1913 | Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar . |
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