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Historical Event on 10/21/1990
Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/2/1997 | Saudi Boeing 747 Jumbo with 348 people on board misses the Meenambakkam international airport, Chennai and forcelands at Tambaram Air Force strip. |
8/11/1984 | A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud. |
8/9/2000 | Parliament approves the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Bill 2000, paving the way for the creation of a separate Chhattisgarh State. |
12/10/1999 | Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police. |
1/22/1683 | Shri Samarth Ramdas passed away. |
11/27/1999 | Lt. Gen. J.F.R. Jacob is sworn in Punjab Governor. |
6/20/1869 | Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great industrialist, social reformer, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industry, was born at Belgaum. |
8/19/1903 | Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born. |
9/24/1861 | Madame Bhikaji Rustom Cama, mother of the Indian Revolution, was born in Bombay. From an early age she took interest in social and political work. |
8/6/1996 | SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department. |
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