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Historical Event on 6/21/1988

Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/4/1994India elected to the executive boards of UNDP, UN Population Fund and UNICEF.
11/5/1999India's Aarthie Ramaswamy won the girl's under-18 crown in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Humpy bagged the silver in girls' under-12.
1/14/1989'Poorna Kumbh', India's largest religious gathering held once in 12 years, begins at Allahabad.
6/20/1993Harshad Mehta's senior counsel Ram Jethmalani asks JPC to summon the PM and allow cross-examination.
6/10/1984Top army commander killed in Bihar; Sikh troops desert unit.
7/7/1855As many as 30,000, people went to Calcutta alongwith weapons to fight the British army.
12/8/1922Hari Prasad Sharma, cricket Test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Delhi.
5/5/1903Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.
8/18/1958Dr.Bhagwandas, famous Congress leader and theosophist, died.
5/29/1965Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time.