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Historical Event on 5/21/1994

The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1988Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.
10/25/1932Pearless' investment company was established.
1/31/1958First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy.
8/7/1990Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
8/7/1990Tulsidas, Mahakavi Saint, was born.
5/9/1995Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt.
12/15/1988Landslide victory for GNLF in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
12/22/1887Srinivas Ramanujam, India's greatest mathematician, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu.
4/15/1794Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
10/15/1915Dr. I. Gopalkrishnan, Cricket Test Umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Tamil Nadu.