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Historical Event on 5/21/1994

The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1977Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India.
7/17/1947Ramdas Coastal Steamer sank off Bombay claiming 550 lives.
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
3/31/1977N. K. Mukarji was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1980.
3/31/1977Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
6/9/1923Idris Hassan Latif, Air Chief Marshal, was born at Hyderabad, Deccan.
1/2/1992Central Ministers Cabinet approved that elections will take place after the death of any independent candidate.
5/31/1977Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak.
12/30/1879Shri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), modern Hindu Advaita renaissance saint of Maharshi Research Institute, philosopher and yogi, was born in Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
5/26/2000In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India.