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Historical Event on 8/21/1955
Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted critic of Gujarati literature, poet and story writer, passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/19/1992 | Manvendra Mukherji, famous singer and music director, passed away. |
4/22/1996 | Hiteshwar Saikia, chief minister of Assam (1991-96), passed away at the age of 62 years, and Dr. Bhumidhar Barman became new CM. |
4/21/1995 | Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful. |
4/11/1999 | Tamil Nadu men, Railways women emerged National Volleyball League champions in Triprayar. |
1/9/1935 | Britain signs the Trade Pack with India. |
5/22/1996 | United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party. |
1/11/1999 | Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu. |
3/7/1911 | Sachchitanand Hiranand Vatsyayan, (Agyeya), modern Hindi literary journalist, freedom fighter and the winner of Jnanpith Award of 1979, was born. |
12/30/1964 | 500 people seized by Chinese spies. |
4/24/1995 | K. Karunakaran elected to Rajya Sabha. |
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