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Historical Event on 5/21/1994

The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1970Dr. Dharmendra of the Indian Council of Medical Research awarded the Damien-Duttan Award for outstanding work in leprosy.
4/1/1979Central Institute of Fisheries Education came under the Administrative Control of Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
9/23/1803British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye.
2/24/1674Prataprao Gujar, a great Maratha warrior at the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
2/24/1786Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India.
6/18/1995The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi.
8/15/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948.
1/3/1917Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born.
2/20/1987Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union.