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Historical Event on 5/21/1996

General Election (11th) of India ended.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1986Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.
4/3/1932Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan.
4/1/1944Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India.
10/22/1962Bakhra-Nangal Dam, a multipurpose river valley project, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
10/29/1947Mysore's popular ministry sworn in.
3/27/199740 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45.
7/26/1994Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal.
3/3/1982Firaq Gorakhpuri ""Raghupati Sahay"", great writer, nationalist and who revolutionised Urdu poetry, died.
5/31/1981First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload.
9/24/1992India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi.