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Historical Event on 5/21/1999

A powerful bomb explodes and another is defused on the road leading to the Imphal airport minutes before the Prime Minister landed to commence his two-day visit to the State.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1938Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.
8/30/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.
12/21/1956The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted.
2/7/198161 die in circus fire in Bangalore.
11/15/1932Surinder Kumar Mehra, Air Chief Marshal, was born in Delhi
12/19/1927Uttar Pradesh was formed by an Automobile Association.
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
5/15/1949Matsya Union formally merged with Greater Rajasthan.
3/29/1914Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh.
9/9/1952Kishorlal Ghanshamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, passed away.