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Historical Event on 7/21/2000
A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces a special fund for population projects with the Planning Commission providing seed money of Rs. 100 crores. He was addressing the maiden meeting of the National Population Commission.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/20/1989 | R. S. Pathak, Chief Justice of India, elected to the World Court. |
| 1/22/1945 | The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma. |
| 12/8/1857 | Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail. |
| 11/3/1988 | Indian armed forces mounted special operations to help the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives and dealt with the 150 sea-borne invaders who stormed Maldivian Capital, Male and soughted to overthrow the democratically elected Government of the Maldives. |
| 5/1/1922 | Madhu Limaye, great politician, freedom fighter, writer and national leader, was born at Pune, Maharashtra. |
| 5/12/1955 | The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum. |
| 2/21/1987 | Pakistan President Gen. Zia visits India. |
| 5/24/1992 | D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away. |
| 12/16/1924 | Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born. |
| 10/26/1991 | Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily newspaper 'Marathwada', died. |
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