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Historical Event on 11/21/1992
27 killed in a bomb blast engineered by Bodo extremists in a bus in Assam.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/12/1952 | Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s vs New Zealand. |
| 8/2/1885 | Poet Siyaram Saran Gupt, brother of national poet Maithilysharan Gupt, was born. |
| 4/15/1927 | Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi, was born. |
| 10/25/1951 | First General Election of India begins. |
| 8/13/1936 | Madam Bhikaji Rustom Cama, freedom fighter, Indian lady revolutionary and politician, passed away at Bombay. |
| 4/11/1964 | Communist Party of India was divided in two parts. Firstly known as Communist Party of India [CPI], its second fragmentation was named as Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. This division was on ideological differences at the international level. |
| 10/12/1997 | Queen Elizebeth II, accompanied by husband Duke of Edinburgh Philips, arrived in New Delhi on a week-long state visit to mark India's 50th anniversary of Independence. |
| 1/17/1997 | Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas. |
| 1/3/1952 | India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization. |
| 5/11/1919 | Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India. |
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