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Historical Event on 1/21/2000

The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/3/1932Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan.
11/29/1928Krishnaji Narayan Aathaly, great Marathi litterateur and editor, passed away.
4/30/1908Khudiram Bose along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to throw a bomb at a carriage supposed to be carrying the tyrannical magistrate Kingsford. Unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death.
1/1/1995This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"".
2/1/1986Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit.
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
10/28/1991Chruchill Alemao of Goa set free by court.
8/2/1877Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, was born in Sagar, M.P.
11/17/1932The Third Round Table Conference began in London. It was not attended by the Congress as the real Indian participation in the making of the constitution was negligible. Since Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it either. This conference ended on 24th November 1932 without achieving anything.
2/18/1944Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Institute' established.