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Historical Event on 6/21/1994

The Janata Dal splits again, 14 of its 39 Lok Sabha members seek separate seats as a group.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/19/1973Mine explosion in Bihar kills 47.
6/25/1994Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away.
9/30/1996Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lankan social scientist, received the Gandhi Peace Prize 1996.
9/14/1933Gandhi declares one-year moratorium on civil disobedience in India.
9/14/1933Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, was born on Baisakhi in a Khatri family in Talwandi Rae Bhoe in Pakistan, known as Nankana Sahib. Guru Nanak's birthday has been traditionally celebrated on Katik Poornamashi. Althought the correct birth date has been established as Vaisakh 1 (April 14), it will continue to be celebrated on Katik Poornamashi until such time as it is changed to Vaisakh 1. (Most Sikhs in the present day consider themselves members of a separate religion.).
8/20/1991India's Ambassador to Romania J.F.Ribeiro shot by Sikh extremists in Bucharest.
9/14/1949Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate.
1/29/1953Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission.
8/18/2000The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral.
6/12/1975Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi.