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Historical Event on 1/21/1820

Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1661Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan Ali Nagi.
10/15/1902Bhaurao Krishnarao Gaekwad, great leader, was born. He was a colleagu of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.
5/19/2000A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.
11/3/1991India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested.
4/14/1919Gandhiji confesses at Nadiad his ""Himalayan Miscalculation"" regarding satyagraha martial law declared in Punjab.
6/17/1917Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore.
8/16/1886Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dies at the age of 50. His real name was Gadadhar Ghatterji. An Indian mystic, leader and saint, he preached unity of religions. Swami Vivekanand was his disciple.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
11/7/2000The BJP firebrand Uma Bharti makes a triumphant return to the Union Ministry as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Arun Jaitley gets elevated as Cabinet Minister in a mini expansion. Maj.Gen. (Retd) B. C. Khanduri takes oath as Minister of State for Transport and Highways.
3/18/1992Shreyanprasad Jain, famous philanthropist and industrialist, passed away.