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Historical Event on 9/21/1996

Rao resigns Congress Party President post.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
4/24/1973Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay.
7/29/1997India to revive 'Agni' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile programme.
1/6/1987Establishment of 'Maharashtra Journalist Fund' Trust.
9/23/1996Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).
11/20/1989Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", passed away.
3/1/1960National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project.
11/8/1927Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan).
3/29/1914Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh.
7/7/1997Armed Kuki militants shot dead 25 persons and injured five seriously in an attack on Paites village in Manipur.