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Historical Event on 2/21/1991
The President accepts the resignation of 5 cabinet members who were disqualified by the Speaker as per the anti-defection law.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/29/1924 | Purushottam Ramchandra Behr, famous writer and Editor of Marathi literature, was born. |
| 7/29/1996 | Aruna Asaf Ali, freedom fighter and player of important role in Quit India Movement, passed away in New Delhi. She was awarded with Bharat Ratna. |
| 8/1/1990 | Devi Lal, Dy. PM, dropped from Union Cabinet following wild charges he made against colleagues in an interview with the 'Illustrated Weekly'. |
| 4/5/1940 | Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian Missionary, died in Calcutta. He is also referred as ""Deenabandhu Andrews"". |
| 1/31/1983 | The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah. |
| 3/22/2000 | INSAT-3B launched. |
| 6/6/1935 | Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born. |
| 2/18/1905 | Shyamji Krishna Varma established India House in London to help Indians visiting England. He also established the Indian Home Rule society, which helped him to raise his voice against British Domination in India. |
| 5/21/1855 | Rani Rasmoni was consecrated at Bhabatarini Kali Temple of Dakhineswar. |
| 5/5/1942 | Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi. |
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