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Historical Event on 5/21/1990
Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/12/1899 | T. N. Swaminathan Pillai, master of Karnataka Classical Music, was born. |
| 9/12/1899 | Guru Ramdasji died. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax. |
| 9/15/1861 | Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famous architect, engineer and a diplomat, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, was born at Chickballapur in Mysore (Karnataka) in a poor Brahmin family. |
| 1/3/1997 | Olympian Jaspal Rana sets new national mark in junior men's sports pistol 25 metres in National Shooting in Asansol. |
| 11/19/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee approves formation of the National Security Council, a new high-power hub, to give policy directions to safeguard the country's security. |
| 2/14/1989 | Supreme Court orders Union Carbide Coporation of USA and Union Carbide India Limited to pay $470 millions (about Rs. 710 crores) in full and final settlement of all claims out of the Bhopal gas Disaster Litigation tragedy of 1985. |
| 6/30/1984 | W. R. Dhavle, editor, died. |
| 11/5/1892 | John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford. |
| 8/4/1937 | Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, famous lawyer, philosopher, ancient researcher and eminent historian, died at Patna. |
| 10/15/1899 | Menka (Lady Lila Sokhi), famous Indian dancer, was born. |
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