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Historical Event on 7/21/1999
The Janata Dal splits under Deve Gowda and Sharad Yadav. The latter group to support NDA.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1964 | Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/07/1969. |
| 7/20/1990 | GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore. |
| 12/14/1992 | Balasaheb Deora, RSS chief, kept under house arrest. National head quarters of the party in New Delhi sealed. |
| 4/18/1898 | Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials. |
| 1/4/1914 | Indira Sant, famous Marathi poet, was born. |
| 7/10/1971 | Kochin University was established in Kerala. |
| 2/17/1992 | Tripura's Congress (I) ministry falls as TUJS withdraws support. |
| 9/1/1956 | Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory. |
| 12/10/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. |
| 7/22/1997 | Bus plummets into the swollen Usri river in Giridih dist, Bihar, killing 70. |
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