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Historical Event on 5/21/1984

Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1905The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.
7/18/1695Joannes Camphuys, Governal General of Dutch-Indies, died at the age of 61.
2/8/1999Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi.
1/29/1992India and Israel decide to establish full diplomatic relations.
1/6/1980In the general election (7th) of India, Indira Gandhi led Indian National Congress Party gains two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha legislative elections.
11/24/1932The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything.
11/22/1991Supreme Court declares Karnataka's ordinance on Cauvery water dispute as unconstitutional.
3/26/1992Accord with Bangladesh on Tin Bigha.
6/9/1992LDF wrests Narakal while the UDF retains the Tanur assembly seat in Kerala.
8/9/1942The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.