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Historical Event on 3/21/1996

PSLV-D3 launched successfully.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1997Five killed and 17 injured in a bus explosion in Gurdaspur district of Punjab.
1/10/199324th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi.
12/30/1964500 people seized by Chinese spies.
9/1/1988Fatte Singrao Gaekwad of Baroda, former Member of Parliament, passed away.
1/22/1996Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case).
10/28/1984Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe.
6/26/1954Nehru, Chou En-lai pledge good-neighbor policy at New Delhi.
10/28/1962US pledges to rush arms to India.
7/10/2000Pete Sampras wins his 7th singles Wimbledon title and his 13th Grand Slam title overtaking Roy Emerson's 12 titles.
4/30/1977Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed.