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Historical Event on 5/21/1935

Quetta earthquake takes a heavy toll of life.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/23/1975P. S. Bapat, victoria cross winner Lieutenant General, passed away.
12/23/1845Rasbhihari Ghosh, famous patriot and law expert, was born.
7/15/1991The 25-day-old Narasimha Rao government wins a vote of confidence in Lok Sabha by securing 241 to 111; 112 abstained.
6/30/1834Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).
2/8/1994Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away.
1/14/1991Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away.
11/5/1906Initials of the place of issuance of notes were started to be printed instead of Issuing Circle's name.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
4/26/1999India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.
4/27/2000Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry.