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Historical Event on 5/21/1966

General Election (11th) of India ends.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1963Siyaramsharan Gupt, great autor of Hindi language, died.
2/28/1930Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus.
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.
12/10/1878Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great social reformer, ardent patriot, incisive thinker and eminent literateur was born at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. He was the first Indian Governor General of independent India and popularly known as 'Rajaji'.
8/27/1946Gandhiji cables warning to British Government against repetition of ""Bengal Tragedy"". He also wrote to Wavell.
4/1/1920S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi.
4/27/1960Presidential orders were issued on the report of the Committee of Parliament on official Languages which includes issues relating to preparation of terminology (Hindi glossaries, Hindia translation of codes and procedural literature, imparting training in Hindi to employees propagation of Hindi, language of bills, language to be used in the Supreme Court and High Court etc).
10/9/1949The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General.
7/13/1964Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer (Bengal slow left-arm bowler), was born in Calcutta.
1/16/1990Dr. R.R. Diwakar, Gandhian and former Union Minister, passed away.