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Historical Event on 5/21/1996

M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/20/2000The Government accepts the Eleventh Finance Commission recommendation to extend grants to all the States from the Incentive Fund.
8/10/1942Manju Bala Patil was shot on the road at Mumbai by the British Police.
3/6/1915Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan.
2/19/1997Massive blowout in ONGC oil field at Devarapally, A.P.
5/8/1901British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.
4/2/1996Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) party registered and recognised.
8/26/1914Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities.
5/7/1994Sunit Khatau, famous industrialist and textile magnet in Mumbai and owner of Khatau Group, was murdered. He was 55.
2/8/1971Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi, writer, administrator, leader and founder of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, died.
6/16/1951Nehru opponents founded People's party at New Delhi.