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Historical Event on 5/21/1966

General Election (11th) of India ends.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/18/1922Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause.
7/2/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement on promoting agricultural research in New Delhi.
2/6/1995India and France decide to set up permanent Secretariat in Paris during the Indo-French Joint Business Council in Delhi.
5/4/1993Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice.
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
5/8/1963Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder.
11/23/1991India decides to upgrade its ties with the Soviet Republics.
10/2/1934Indian Naval Force was established.
7/23/1997India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
12/25/1994Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, died in Chandigarh at the age of 78.