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Historical Event on 8/21/1988
500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/10/1848 | Surendranath Banerji, popularly known as Rashtraguru, was born at Taltala, Calcutta. He passed his final ICS Examination in 1869 and joined in 1871, He was President of the Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad. |
12/25/1921 | Mass boycott greets the Prince of Wales when he arrives in Calcutta. |
11/14/1957 | Children's Day. |
1/27/1989 | M. Karunanidhi sworn in as DMK CM in Tamil Nadu. |
5/25/1961 | Woorkeri Venkar Raman, left-hand batsman and slow-spin bowler, was born in Madras. |
2/22/1978 | Judge Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 11/07/1985. |
11/25/1879 | Sri Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, professor, saint poet, great orator and prolific writer, was born in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan). He was the founder of Mira Movement. |
9/26/1999 | Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position. |
9/26/1999 | Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated. |
3/26/1990 | Maniben Patel, daughter of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, passed away. |
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