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Historical Event on 6/21/1988

Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1990PM V. P. Singh clears the Rs. 13,000 crore Sardar Sarovar Project over the river Narmada.
5/25/1996Kathapurushan' wins best film national award.
11/30/1982World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
7/1/1902K. S. Ranjit Singh ""Ranji"" scored 230 runs as the captain and Newham (153). They added 344 runs for 7th wkt at Sussex vs Essex.
5/5/1946Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji's deliberations prove anfractuous.
10/1/1958Metric System of weights was introduced in India.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
12/4/1959Power Project was signed betwen India and Nepal, an agreement on the Gandak Irrigation.
1/24/1826Gnanendra Mohan Tagore, first Indian barrister, was born in Calcutta.
3/1/1993Narayan Ganesh Goray passed away (1-5-98).