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Historical Event on 3/21/1996

Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
1/29/1939Radical Subhas Chandra Rose beats Gandhi's candidature to become Indian President.
2/21/1983More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
2/14/1996President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation.
3/24/1995Devchand Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away.
11/15/1992At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
12/30/1879Shri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), modern Hindu Advaita renaissance saint of Maharshi Research Institute, philosopher and yogi, was born in Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.
7/4/1989Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
12/8/1897Balkrishna Sharma ""Navin"", famous Hindi poet, was born in Bhyana village of Shajapur district in Madhya Pradesh