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Historical Event on 10/21/1989

Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Harminder Singh alias Jinda sentenced to death for the murder of former Army Chief Gen. A. K. Vaidya.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/2/1947Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified.
11/15/1998Naresh & Girdhari Lal Yadav win the National Enterprise sailing championship in Mumbai.
4/23/1929Ranjit Film Co. was founded by Chandulal Shah and Gohar at Bombay.
1/14/1998Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College.
7/12/1949Ban on RSS lifted on the assurance that it abjures violence.
3/15/1904Annada Shankar Rai, modern Oria and Bengali poet, was born.
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
3/12/1612Usman Khan Lohani, son of Isa Khan, was defeated in the battle of Nekujyal. He died as the last independent ruler of Bengal.
5/5/1955Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.
5/26/1957Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.