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Historical Event on 10/21/1916
Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat.
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| 12/5/1657 | Murad proclaimed himself Emperor of India. |
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| 7/27/1927 | Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born. |
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