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Historical Event on 11/21/1998
India 'B' beats Sri Lanka 3-2 in the final of the Bristol Freedom Cup four-nation football tournament in Colombo.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/22/1998 | The Patents Bill gets Rajya Sabha approval. |
| 11/15/1988 | Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet. |
| 3/13/1971 | Fifth General Election of India ends. |
| 2/24/1946 | Mrs. Kashibai and Mrs. Babbai Lakshman, freedom fighters, were shot dead by the police. |
| 6/11/1946 | Viceroy interviewed Gandhiji, and mooted proposal of Coalition Government at Centre. |
| 8/15/1947 | On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories. |
| 11/29/1989 | Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India. |
| 7/29/1984 | Troops were sent to Hyderabad to quell communal riots. |
| 1/18/2000 | S. S. Dawra is appointed new Director of the Enforcement Directorate. |
| 1/16/1996 | Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership. |
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