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Historical Event on 7/21/1984

Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/10/1993Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time.
1/22/1973Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away.
4/15/1938Madhurima. Ch, educationist and artist, was born in Begusarai, Bihar .
4/4/1997World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion.
11/15/1993IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe.
12/4/1997Lok Sabha was dissolved with immediate effect and new House was to be constituted by March 15 next.
6/23/1895Kali Charan Ghosh, great Hindi writer, was born at Calcutta.
11/7/1997RBI Governor Dr. Chakravarti Rangarajan appointed new Governor of Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Bimal Jalan, Member-Secretary, Planning Commission, will take over as RBI Governor.
11/16/1990Chandrasekhar Government wins confidence motion of 280 for 214 against and 11 abstained (17 members were absent).
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay.