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Historical Event on 1/21/1910

Ramnath Anandilal Poddar, great industrialist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/16/1996Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership.
11/14/1889Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as 'Children's Day' from 1957.
10/10/197761 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini.
5/7/1973The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
5/7/1973Vallabhacharya, founder of 'Pushthimarg Panth', was born.
4/17/1975Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras.
1/5/1952Nawab of Pataudi Sr, cricketer (played polo 3 Tests for England 3 for India), died.
7/5/2000The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir.
12/25/1995First major multi-organ transplant in the country performed in Apollo Hospital in Madras.
5/4/1993Income Tax exemption limit raised to Rs.30,000; Customs duty on certain drugs reduced.