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Historical Event on 3/21/1993

The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1977C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 25/11/77).
5/7/1994Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.
7/19/1763Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers.
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
10/24/1933Govindjee, famous scientist, was born in Allahabad, U.P. He found cutting plant sections easier than dissection of animals.
4/8/1994Dr. Wilfred D'Souza re-installed as Goa CM.
2/8/1999Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi.
6/22/1996Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut.
10/25/1990JD and BJP withdrew support to Rajasthan and Gujarat governments respectively.
7/7/197378 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India).