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Historical Event on 2/21/1899

Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/21/1899Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India, was born.
2/21/1899Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.
9/16/1929Yerramilli Janardan Rao, educationist, was born at Tanuku, (W. Godavari).
1/29/1780Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta .
6/6/1981The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river.
3/20/1998Rajesh Kumar Singh, CPI(ML) leader, is shot at Pandeypur village in Patna.
10/26/1950Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.
4/13/1999D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district.
12/31/1999This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management.
6/3/1997Four women ministers (Renuka Choudhry, Kamala Sinha, Ratnamala Savanur & Jayanti Natarajan) join I K Gujral cabinet.