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Historical Event on 5/21/1996

General Election (11th) of India ended.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1998P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
11/18/1988Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit.
10/31/1997Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah.
10/28/1997Dr. V. Doreswamy Iyengar (77), Veena maestro, household name among Carnatic music lovers, passed away in Bangalore.
5/16/1946Gandhiji's Cabinet Mission announces Plan.
3/1/1992Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away.
7/2/1993Delhi High Court stays the Lok Sabha Speaker's order disqualifying four Janata Dal MPs under the anti-defection law.
8/15/1918Hans Kumar Tiwari, famous poet and translater, was born.
3/11/1999Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis.
3/11/1999Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah, founder of Mughal dynasty, passed away at the age of 48 at Dhaulpur.