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Historical Event on 5/21/1990
PM V. P. Singh clears the Rs. 13,000 crore Sardar Sarovar Project over the river Narmada.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/9/1997 | At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 1/20/1949 | Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra. |
| 8/2/1953 | Baldev Ramji Mirdha ""Kisan Kesari"", great social worker, leader and politician, died in harness while going to address a Kisan Conference. He also played a vital role in formation of Rajasthan. |
| 8/17/1780 | Indian Governor General Warren Hastings duel with Francis to settle personal and official quarrels. Francis was wounded but survived. |
| 2/15/1865 | Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born. |
| 10/12/1860 | Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, passed away at the age of 73. |
| 10/18/1983 | Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer 55 Tests for India, 3208 runs @ 39.12, died. |
| 9/4/1929 | N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka. |
| 12/27/1931 | 150 are arrested following 'red shirt' riots in the N.W. Frontier province. |
| 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. |
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