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Historical Event on 5/21/1996
M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/3/1995 | Enron Power Project scrapped by Maharashtra government. |
| 10/10/1964 | Gurudutt, famous film actor, died |
| 11/18/1991 | In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority. |
| 9/15/1862 | Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born. |
| 7/13/1660 | Baji Prabhu Deshpande, one of the warriors in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's kingdom, died. |
| 6/27/1939 | Rahul Dev (R. D.) Burman ""Pancham Da"", famous music director, was born. |
| 5/27/1910 | Robert Koch, famous French scientist, passed away. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 5/20/1932 | Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, attacked on Mughal Emperor Babur near Kanwa at Agra. |
| 3/29/1996 | SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari). |
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