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Historical Event on 9/21/1996
Apang (Legislative Party leader of Arunachal Congress) sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh chief minister again.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/15/1890 | Gaganvihari Lalubhai Mehta, famous Indian economist, politician and journalist, was born. |
| 5/12/1993 | Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states. |
| 5/14/1993 | Bombay High Court upholds Goa C.M. Ravi Naik's disqualification by speaker under anti-defection bill. |
| 1/8/1968 | The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language. |
| 3/24/1902 | Anusilan Samiti, a revolutionary organisation, was formed in Bengal. |
| 8/9/1995 | India celebrated 53rd anniversary of Quit India movement. |
| 6/30/1914 | Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa. |
| 2/25/1998 | Tendulkar's first first-class 204* for Mumbai vs Australia. |
| 11/5/1870 | Chittaranjan Das, freedom fighter, famous lawyer and orator, was born at Calcutta. |
| 10/21/1997 | RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates. |
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