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Historical Event on 3/21/1997

Jockey Vasant Shinde retires.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1843Narendranath Sen, famous journalist, was born.
1/16/1996Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership.
1/26/1926V. G. Kanitkar, famous Marathi literatteur, was born.
4/28/1974Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta, famous economist, politician and journalist, passed away.
2/27/1996In the Jain hawala case, non bailable warrants of arrest issued against 10 politicians including BJP leader L.K. Advani, former Dy. PM Devi Lal and former Union Ministers.
1/26/1997Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana.
12/9/1999Several MPs in the Lok Sabha demand resignation of the CBI chief in the Priyadarshini Matto murder case.
6/3/1890Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous painter, sculptor, film producer and director, was born.
7/24/1989A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal.
9/20/1819Jose Custodio Faria (Joseph Stadio Faria), revolutionary scientist of Goa died.