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Historical Event on 1/21/2000
The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/27/1910 | Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], nobel Prize awardee and social worker, was born in Skopje, Macedonia in Yugoslavia. |
| 11/7/1998 | Jiwan Singh Umrangal (84), Akali leader and former Punjabi Minister, dies in hospital in Beas. |
| 1/8/1956 | Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of 'Maharashtra Drama Group' (Maharashtra Natak Mandali), died. |
| 7/20/1955 | Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar. |
| 1/21/1999 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, suspends his party's protest against the coming India-Pakistan cricket matches after an urgent meeting with the Union Home Minister in Mumbai. |
| 1/2/1987 | Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab, great industrialist, leader and former Chief Minister of Orissa, died. |
| 4/2/1987 | Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards. |
| 12/27/1977 | The Congress party splits into two factions, one supporting and one opposing Indira Gandhi. |
| 8/13/1997 | Supreme Court lays down guidelines and norms for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment at work places. |
| 2/2/1956 | The president inaugurated the Bhoodan padyatra led by Dr. Sushila Nayar. |
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