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Historical Event on 2/21/1991

The President accepts the resignation of 5 cabinet members who were disqualified by the Speaker as per the anti-defection law.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1961Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
3/11/1784Tipu Sultan and Britishers signed the treaty at Mangalore which is known as the Mangalore treaty.
5/1/1999India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final.
6/27/1995Environmentalist and 'Chipko' leader, Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna ends the 49-day old fast in demand for a scientific review of the controversial Tehri dam project in UP.
10/1/1997Bus with 70 people fell into a stream near Cuddappah.
3/12/1954Indian National Academy of Letters ""Sahitya Academy"" inaugurated by Dr. Radhakrishnan.
7/24/1992Universal Poetry Foundation' was established at Pune.
7/26/1614Jahangir captured Mewar from Rana Amar Singh. A treaty was signed. In the Mughal court, Rana and his son were treated with exceptional courtesy.
6/7/1998India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.