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Historical Event on 7/21/2000

A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces a special fund for population projects with the Planning Commission providing seed money of Rs. 100 crores. He was addressing the maiden meeting of the National Population Commission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1964Gurudutt, famous film actor, died
2/1/1894Chitravshastri, Marathi dictionary creator, was born.
7/6/1881Saint Gulabrao Maharaj was born in Vidarbha.
5/4/1923Mrinal Sen, famous film director, was born.
7/31/1985Lalit Maken, Congress (I) M.P, his wife and a visitor at their residence in Delhi were shot down by terrorists.
11/13/1922Mahadev Sadashivrao Ande, freedom fighter and political leader, was born.
9/18/1992M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87.
7/30/1987Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo.
2/11/1968Deendayal Upadhyaya, great philosopher, litterateur, social worker, thinker and founder of Jansangh, passed away.
9/26/1975Constitution (39th Amendment) Bill 1975, placing election of the President, Vice President, Prime Minister and Speaker of the Lok Sabha beyond the scrutiny of the judiciary, approved by Parliament.