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Historical Event on 11/21/1993

India and South Africa sign a historic pact on re-establishing diplomatic and consular relations after a gap of 50 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
9/24/1921Dr. Sakharam Gangadhar Malshe, researcher and critic, was born.
12/26/1831Hennry Louis Vivian Derozio passed away.
12/5/1943The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.
9/22/1992Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail.
3/9/1997Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders sign a historic agreement for repatriation of the 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura for the past 11 years.
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
4/15/1975India recognises the Sihanouk Government in Cambodia.
5/28/1989Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India.
12/28/1931The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him.