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Historical Event on 2/21/1993

Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1612Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.
1/10/1975India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
8/20/1944Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born in Bombay.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
4/21/1997Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal.
5/22/1991Shripad Amrit Dange, veteran communist leader, passed away.
5/22/1991Meerabai, saint poet, passed away.
11/16/1915Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, martyr, died.
3/16/1986Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.