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Historical Event on 10/21/1990

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Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1896Firak Gorakhpuri, Urdu poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
7/1/1958Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960.
2/19/1818Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away.
5/17/1993Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres signs an MOU with his Indian counterpart to end nearly 4 decades of inactivity in bilateral relation.
4/11/1930Pandit Motilal Nehru renamed 'Anand Bhuvan' as 'Swaraj Bhawan' and handed it over to the people.
1/22/2000India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.
12/12/1964HJT-16, the first Indian jet trainer, made its inaugural flight.
4/10/1875Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.
4/24/1965Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal.
1/6/1932Kamleshwar, famous Hindi writer, was born.