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Historical Event on 5/21/1994

The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1996H.K.L. Bhagat, senior Congress politician and former minister, arrested in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case.
8/18/1900Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born.
5/11/1985Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India.
1/1/1909Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay.
4/24/1995K. Karunakaran elected to Rajya Sabha.
9/25/1990Prafull Chandra Sen, former Chief Minister of West Bengal and Gandhian leader, died in Calcutta. He was 94 years old.
5/1/1977Janata Party was established.
12/6/1987MiG-29, re-christened `Baaz', inducted into the Indian Air Force.
3/31/1843Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first musical playwright of Marathi, was born.
4/27/1854First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune.