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Historical Event on 3/21/1997

Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/15/1932First Indian commercial airliner service 'Tata Sons Ltd' started. (Tata Airlines)
4/28/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
11/25/1997Election Commission de-recognises Janata Party and Congress (Tiwari) as national parties and de-recognises Pattali Makkal Katchi in Tamil Nadu, J & K Panthers Party and J & K People's Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Congress (Socialist) in Kerala and Manipur and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu. Pattali Makkal Katchi will continue to be recognised as State party in Pondicherry.
6/18/1917Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born.
2/17/1994Chimanbhai Patel, chief minister of Gujrat, passed away at the age of 65 years.
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
12/20/1850Atma Dev, social reformer and religious leader, was born.
5/18/1995Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act.
12/23/1995400 people, mostly children and their parents, die in a fire that broke out during the Annual Day celebrations of DAV Public School. The fire was suspected to be caused due to electric short-circuit in Mandi Dabwali, Haryana.
11/19/1994Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi.