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Historical Event on 2/21/1952

General Election ( 1st) of India ends.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1956Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away.
7/5/1882Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), classical singer and Muslim mystic, was born. He was instrumental in bringing Sufism to the music.
2/10/1926Rajmata Krishna Kumari, social worker, was born at Dharangadhra.
3/3/1943Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days.
6/24/1946Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi.
1/11/1991Ravi Naik of Maharashtra Gomanthak party sworn in as the CM of Goa.
6/11/1901Pramathanath Bishi, professor and Hindi writer, was born.
11/9/1877Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan).
9/29/1907Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia'
4/21/1997Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal.