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Historical Event on 5/21/1990
Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/21/1988 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3. |
| 5/4/1832 | Darpan', a fortnightly magazine started publishing as a weekly. |
| 6/1/1930 | First Indian luxurious fast train 'Deccan Queen' started from Victoria Terminus (CST) to Pune. |
| 1/22/1760 | In the battle at Wandiwash (India), after their victory against the French, the British virtually had no European opponent left in India. |
| 6/9/1998 | Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days. |
| 1/1/1950 | Inauguration of National Chemical Laboratory at Mumbai. |
| 4/18/1993 | BJP issues white paper on Ayodhya. |
| 4/6/1942 | During the second world war, for the first time Japanese air-bombers attacked India, and the mainland took place at Visakhapatnam. |
| 3/15/1992 | Dr. Rahi Masum Raza, film screenplay, story and dialogue writer, passed away at the age of 64 years. |
| 1/11/1973 | Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore. |
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