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Historical Event on 5/21/1999

A powerful bomb explodes and another is defused on the road leading to the Imphal airport minutes before the Prime Minister landed to commence his two-day visit to the State.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/195414 Members of Parliament (MP) form a new party called the Union of Socialist Progress. Acharya Kripalani is the leader.
1/23/1915Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born.
12/14/1946Sanjay Gandhi, youth Congress leader, was born in New Delhi.
8/12/1988S. R. Bommai elected Karnataka CM.
7/31/1992Thailand Airlines crashed in Himalayan Range, 113 persons died.
2/17/1948Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles).
12/24/2000Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.
4/17/1941Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities.
9/4/1998Mumbai Metropolitan court acquits Union Minister for Environment and Forests Suresh Prabhu in a case of cheque bouncing.
10/2/1934Indian Naval Force was established.