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Historical Event on 8/21/1931

Pandit Vishnu Dingambar Paluskar, famous singer and the blind musician of Maharashtra, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/4/1994Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service.
3/9/1996Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim.
7/31/1992Thailand Airlines crashed in Himalayan Range, 113 persons died.
8/18/1990President R Venkataraman presented the colours to the Officers Training Academy in recognition of their services to the Nation.
6/18/1995The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi.
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
8/4/1894Narayan Sitaram Phadke, famous Hindi writer, was born at Karjat.
1/31/1983The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah.
12/7/1999A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, rejects the Opposition demand for resignation of three Central Ministers L. K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati in the Ayodhya case.
11/12/1939Pratap Chandra Lal arrived at the training establishment at RAF Station, Risalpur. He then rose to the Air Chief Marcharl of Indian Air Force.