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Historical Event on 6/21/1988

Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1925Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born.
1/10/1839Tea from India first arrives in UK.
5/25/1877Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers.
1/1/1999This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"".
5/1/1947Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle.
9/21/1996Apang (Legislative Party leader of Arunachal Congress) sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh chief minister again.
1/26/199921 dalits are gunned down by the Ranbit Sena in Jahanabad district in Bihar.
2/28/1967General Election ( 4th) of India ends.
3/10/1940Banwarilal Bhagwandas Purohit, famous leader of Vidarbha, was born.
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.