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Historical Event on 8/21/2000

Uma Bharti, the sanyasin Member of Parliament of the BJP, resigns from the Lok Sabha and the party's national executive comittee.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/15/1992Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked.
4/3/1994S.Bangarappa, former CM, launches his Karnataka Congress Party.
1/29/1994Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies.
10/22/1680Rana Rajsingh, king of Mewad, died.
5/9/1993S. Mulgaokar, 82, journalist, passed away.
9/26/1998Sachin Tendulkar make a record 127 runs against Zimbabwe at Calcutta.
4/29/2000The Army institutes a high-level court of inquiry under Maj. Gen. C.B. Suku to look into the causes of the arms depot conflagration.
8/1/1672The East India Company and the English law was for the first time intorduced in India. It was set up as directed by the Court of Judicature.
10/6/1983Punjab Government was dismissed to halt religious and political violence by Indira Gandhi, who imposed President's rule in the state.
11/14/1998Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies.