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Historical Event on 7/21/1994

The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
2/28/1987The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event).
5/13/1967Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President.
4/1/1969India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore.
11/25/1956Lal Bahadur Shastri, Railway Minister, resigns from the office or Railway Minitery, taking moral responsibility for Ayyapan rail disaster thus setting a rare example for politicians.
12/25/1964Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras.
6/6/1947Gandhiji writes to Mountbatten, with Pakistan conceded, to persuade Jinnah to amicable settle all outstanding points with Congress.
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
2/25/1993113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action.
8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.