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Historical Event on 2/21/1998

Romesh Bhandari, U.P. Governor, dismisses the Kalyan Singh Government and inducts an 18-member ministry headed by Jagadambika Pal of the Loktantrik Congress Party. BJP moves the Allahabad High Court. BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, A. B. Vajpayee, goes on a ""fast-unto-death"".

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10/17/1994Kapil Dev's last one-day international vs West Indies.
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
3/2/1982Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna.
10/29/1929Vyankat Chalaiyya Manipalli Narayan Chalaiyya, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
3/9/1990Lalu Prasad Yadav to form JD Ministry in Bihar.
4/17/1941Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities.
10/2/1904Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India (1964-66), was born in Mughalsarai near Benaras in Uttar Pradesh.
12/28/1984Eighth General Election of India ends. Indian National Congress party wins with thumping majority.