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Historical Event on 5/21/1990

Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1957Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away.
11/11/1924SunderLal Munnalal Patwa was born in Kukdeshwar, Distt. Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh).
12/7/1997Leander Paes awarded 'The Sportstar' award.
3/3/1924Mustafa Kamal Attaturk abolished the caliphate and established a nationalist government and thus Khilafat Movement ended without achieving its aim.
12/17/2000The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off.
2/27/1931Chandrashekhar Azad of Hindustan Republican Army shot himself to avoid British police arrest at Alfred Park, Allahabad.
12/19/1961Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.
2/24/1946Mrs. Kashibai and Mrs. Babbai Lakshman, freedom fighters, were shot dead by the police.
2/24/1946Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
3/6/1997Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) inaugurated in Mauritius.