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Historical Event on 7/21/1999

The Janata Dal splits under Deve Gowda and Sharad Yadav. The latter group to support NDA.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/7/1961Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
9/10/1918Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
3/16/1993Central government introduces pension scheme for 170 million EPF subscribers.
12/3/1993Bahadur Prasad wins silver in 1500 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.
9/27/2000Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.
2/28/1928C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.
4/7/1938Kashiram Chhabildas Rana was born in Surat (Gujarat).
10/13/1679More than 20,000 lives were claimed near Massurla Pattanam city, costal area of South India, in a severe storm.
1/15/1998Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years.
5/8/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998.