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Historical Event on 12/21/1881

Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Rajim, M.P.

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5/13/1962Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)
9/1/1909Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University.
5/14/1963Dr. Raghuvir, a famous linguist and President of Jansangh, passed away.
11/13/1953Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi.
10/14/1999Sheikh Shamim, an Indian, is hanged for espionage in Pakistan.
4/3/1987S.H. Vatsyayan passed away.
10/6/2000Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief, withdraws her resignation from the Union Cabinet of Ministers.
10/19/1970First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.
9/30/1961Chandrakant Sitaram Pandit, occasional Indian cricket wicket-keeper (late 80's), was born in Bombay.
5/20/1976Oil production started from Bombay High.