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Historical Event on 5/21/1996

General Election (11th) of India ended.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/20/1997President K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the first Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
1/18/1997Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.
3/25/1998Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, and Railway Minister Nitish Kumar present the interim budgets for 1998- 99.
2/20/1999Mr. Vajpayee travels to Lahore on the inaugural run of the bus between New Delhi and Lahore.
1/10/1912Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh.
6/1/1959The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.
6/5/1975Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away.
9/3/1997India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme.
1/1/1926Mohammad Abdul Hye, educationist, was born at Alitangani, (Nowgong).
4/22/1930Revolutionary Surjya Sen's many associates were killed and Surjya Sen ""Masterda"" himself went underground, on Jalalabad Hill and started extending his activities to neighbouring districts.