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Historical Event on 12/21/1989
V. P. Singh wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/9/1998 | Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days. |
| 4/3/1946 | Sagarmal Gopa, devoted patriot, freedom fighter and political worker, was burnt alive. |
| 4/23/2000 | Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy. |
| 5/7/2000 | Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case. |
| 6/30/1823 | Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 3/11/1999 | Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis. |
| 7/31/1990 | Charan Singh Rathi at New Delhi sets record for 20 km W. in 1.25.48\_\_. |
| 6/17/1961 | The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight. |
| 11/10/1960 | B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961 |
| 3/22/1907 | Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament. |
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