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Historical Event on 8/21/1990

Prasar Bharati Bill moved in the Lok Sabha .

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1928Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born.
3/4/1990Congress (I) gains absolute majority in Arunachal Pradesh; Gegong Apang CM.
9/2/1984Thousands of Sikhs rally at Golden Temple to protest govt. occupation in Amritsar.
9/26/1975Notification to pay equal payment to both men and women workers was promulgated.
10/27/1997UP ministry expanded by inducting 70 new members thus taking the total number of a record 93 members.
9/17/1879E.V. Ramaswami Naicker, prominent leader of Dravid movement and social reformer, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu.
9/11/1893Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago.
4/7/1997NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.
2/9/1985Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away.
9/30/1997Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.