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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 |
| 5/2/1981 | Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away. |
| 6/4/1958 | The three-men Indian Mountaineering group successfully climbed the high Peak in the Garhwal Hills Range. |
| 3/23/1994 | Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev. |
| 2/25/1976 | India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children. |
| 11/21/1947 | First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General. |
| 12/17/1974 | Ustad Gulam Sabir, famous Sarangi player, died at Kanpur. |
| 11/7/1958 | Nehru said the role of Gen. Mohammed Ayub Khan in Pakistan had increased the 'risk and danger of war' between India and Pakistan. |
| 12/13/1902 | Ilachandra Joshi, famous Hindi novelist, story writer, critic and journalist, was born. |
| 5/19/1993 | Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines. |
| 9/18/1941 | Arjuncharan Srimukh Sethi was born in Odang village in Balasore (now known as Bhadrak) in Orissa. |
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