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Historical Event on 10/21/1994

Government notifies substantial increase in the ceiling on election expenses on Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1998Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997.
7/19/1949Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union.
5/13/1648Redfort construction was completed
2/18/1905Shyamji Krishna Varma established India House in London to help Indians visiting England. He also established the Indian Home Rule society, which helped him to raise his voice against British Domination in India.
10/1/1998Anxiety in stock market after UTI's US-64 scheme is reported to have paid dividend, eating out of its capital.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
8/9/1911Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay.
12/30/1971Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, famous nuclear scientist, died.
9/2/1960Dr. Shankar Purushottam Adharkar, famous Botanist in India, passed away.
8/4/1933Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order.