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Historical Event on 3/21/1996

Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/2/1957Central Warehouse Corporation established.
4/16/1976The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth.
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
4/30/1896Maa Anandamayee (1896-1982), God-intoxicated yogini and mystic Bengali saint, was born at Kheora. Her spirit lives on in devotees.
8/16/1901Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.
9/6/1999Vyjayanthimala Bali, former Congress (I) MP, joins the BJP.
5/13/1998India conducts two more nuclear tests at Pokhran. The US slaps sanctions. The Prime Minister says India will face down sanctions.
10/28/1981Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
6/1/1944M. V. Dhurandhar, famous master painter of Maharashtra, passed away.
3/2/1990DMK Front to form government in Pondicherry and Congress (I) in Maharashtra.