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Historical Event on 7/21/1999

The Janata Dal splits under Deve Gowda and Sharad Yadav. The latter group to support NDA.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/27/1966D. S. Joshi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-12-1968.
2/27/1997CBI arrests godman Chandraswami for alleged offences in violation of Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act, 1976.
1/20/1995Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution.
6/9/1986First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai.
12/3/19843,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India.
7/26/1994Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal.
3/25/1990Lakshadweep Council elections.
6/10/1832Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India), was born.
11/19/1975Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born.
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.