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Historical Event on 3/21/1996

Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1998Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
5/7/1907The First Electric Tramway service commenced in Bombay (Mumbai). This service was inaugurated by Municipality Chairman Vallabhdas Thakersey and Municipal Commissioner Sheppard at 5.30 p.m. This tram was well decorated and destined from Municipal Office upto Crawford Market.
6/6/1907John Morley, U.K. Government State Secretary, declares ""it will not withdraw from India under any circumstances"".
1/12/1918C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous film music director, was born.
8/7/1999A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state.
1/4/1892J. C. Kumarappa, a Gandhian by thought, was born.
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.
3/14/1997Veerendra Patil, 73, twice former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.
7/16/1969Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973.
9/14/1991Assam declared 'disturbed area', army launches 'Operation Rhino' against ULFA militants.