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Historical Event on 2/21/1983

More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/10/1996Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India.
10/28/1946Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar.
11/22/1991Supreme Court declares Karnataka's ordinance on Cauvery water dispute as unconstitutional.
9/10/199587 of the 180 members of the newly constituted JAAC assume office.
4/12/1992The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.
5/25/1933All young Hindus aged between 12 and 25 years were forced to carry identity cards to prevent spread of terrorism.
10/14/1947Narsingh Chintaman Kelkar, great litterateur, politician and editor, died.
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.
11/29/1996Shaleem I. Shervani, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and President, ICMR Governing Body, was the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year long celebrations of the 85th year of ICMR at New Delhi. He released a special issue of the ICMR Bulletin on this occasion and presented momentos to the former Additional Directors-General and Directors-General of the ICMR.
12/11/1993Shankar Dayal Sharma, President, inaugurates the extended new wing of Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan.