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Historical Event on 3/21/1998

Jaswant Singh is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission after the resignation of Prof. Madhu Dandavate.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
6/20/1995B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1).
10/5/1864Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
4/13/1997Anand wins Dos Hermanas chess crown.
6/13/1757Clive marched to Murshidabad against Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah along with the force comprising of 1800 British and 2000 Indian soldiers with eight canons.
3/4/1996King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit.
1/1/1880Money order system was introduced.
6/20/1987Dr. Salim Ali, internationally renowned expert of birds, died at Bombay.
6/1/1964Rashid Ghulam Muhammad Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, better known for Lamba incident), was born in Sabarkantha.
1/31/1948Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder.