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Historical Event on 1/21/1943

Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by British police.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1972Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away.
12/14/1920Akali Dal established.
1/29/1976Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.
3/4/1996King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit.
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.
4/8/1998Prem Singh Lalpura, who defied the Akali Dal leadership, not taking oath as a Lok Sabha member on denial of a ministerial berth, is expelled by the party.
6/14/1991Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed.
8/15/1872Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the 'superman', a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry.
2/19/1891Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper.
5/13/1998India conducts two more nuclear tests at Pokhran. The US slaps sanctions. The Prime Minister says India will face down sanctions.