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Historical Event on 5/21/1999

A powerful bomb explodes and another is defused on the road leading to the Imphal airport minutes before the Prime Minister landed to commence his two-day visit to the State.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1992Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1904-1993).
5/9/1996LDF wins 80 sets and UDF 59 in Kerala elections .
12/21/2000Women's Bill put off again.
12/3/1991Satinder Kumar Lamba appointed India's Ambassador to Pakistan.
12/20/1999The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender.
1/21/1943Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by British police.
12/6/1987MiG-29, re-christened `Baaz', inducted into the Indian Air Force.
3/30/1993India forgoes Narmada loan balance because of World Bank's strict regulations.
4/1/1869Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.
9/29/1836Chamber of Commerce and Industry was established in Madras