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Historical Event on 10/21/1989

Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Harminder Singh alias Jinda sentenced to death for the murder of former Army Chief Gen. A. K. Vaidya.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/20/1897Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born.
6/20/1897Akbar captured Ahmednagar.
3/12/1942British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
7/31/1993Transport operators begin nation-wide strike.
9/20/1989IPKF suspends its operations against LTTE in Sri Lanka. LTTE, in turn, ceases all operations against the Indian armed forces.
8/11/1893First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.
2/3/1986Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta.
12/9/1658Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
12/19/2000The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
8/21/1955Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted critic of Gujarati literature, poet and story writer, passed away.