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Historical Event on 3/21/1996
Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/21/1999 | The Janata Dal splits under Deve Gowda and Sharad Yadav. The latter group to support NDA. |
| 5/17/2000 | The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place. |
| 10/23/1959 | Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border. |
| 8/25/1959 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China. |
| 7/21/1936 | Vasantrao Vishnu Limye, senior journalist and President of 'Ratnagiri District Parishad', was born. |
| 11/19/2000 | Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999. |
| 7/3/1898 | Gopinath Bhagwan was born at Banamohalla, Srinagar. He is one of the most eminent saints who have graced the sacred land of India. An Ashram at Kharyar, Srinagar is set up by his disciples and devotees to preach his meditation. |
| 9/7/1999 | India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir. |
| 8/18/2000 | The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral. |
| 2/10/1990 | Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died. |
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