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Historical Event on 5/21/1990

PM V. P. Singh clears the Rs. 13,000 crore Sardar Sarovar Project over the river Narmada.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/2000A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases.
6/22/1955Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (12 wkts in 7 Tests for India), died at the age of 31.
6/9/1949Kiran Bedi, the first woman Indian Police Service Officer, was born in Amritsar, Punjab.
5/29/1965Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time.
7/17/1947Ramdas Coastal Steamer sank off Bombay claiming 550 lives.
12/23/1919King's proclamation was made that the new reforms of Government of India offer some sort of self government.
9/11/1987Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away.
2/4/1910New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest.
9/19/1995PM leaves for a 5-day visit to the two Central Asian republics of Turkmenistan and Kyrghistan.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.