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Historical Event on 3/21/1993

The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan.
10/11/1984Khanderao M. Rangnekar, cricketer (33 runs at 5.50 for India), died
7/17/1976Mudliyar A. Ramaswami, Padmabhushan awardee, politician and industrialist, passed away.
6/17/1991Congress and its allies secure absolute majority in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Haryana Assemblies.
2/8/1936Jawaharlal Nehru elected president of Indian National Congress.
2/22/1845Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company.
12/25/1949Dr. Hari Singh Gour, famous law expert, great social reformer, jurist, leader and educationist, passed away.
10/2/1950Persis Khambatta, famous actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), was born in Bombay.
2/6/1954Kashmir Assembly accepts re-unification with India.
7/16/1929Indian Council of Agricultural Research, an autonomous apex national organisation which plans, conducts and promotes research, education, training and transfer of technology for advancement of agriculture and allied sciences, was established. It has 45 Central Research Institutes, 4 National Bureaux, 10 Project Directorates, 30 National Research Centres, 90 All India Co-ordinated Research Projects, 261 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and 8 Trainers Training Centres.