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Historical Event on 3/21/2000

The 10,000 bond scheme for short-term visitors to the UK will not be applied to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, said British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Keith Vaz.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1981Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away.
10/16/193635 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay.
12/21/1952Saifuddin Kitchlu awarded the Lenin Peace Prize of U.S.S.R. Award. He was the first Indian to receive this honour.
2/25/1897A. Vedaratnam, freedom fighter, nationalist and leader, was born in an orthodox Saiva Vellala community.
10/2/1955Nehru inaugurated an Integral Coach factory at Perambur.
6/22/1948Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles.
5/26/1998Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation.
7/1/1999The Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP) of Shankersinh Waghela merges with Congress(I).
11/25/1866Allahabad court was established for Uttar Pradesh territory, it sat in Agra with five Judges between 1866 and 1868. It also has a bench in Lucknow.
4/2/1970Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.