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Historical Event on 8/15/1921
Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born .
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/17/1909 | Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur. |
3/24/1998 | 200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district. |
2/22/1873 | Sir Muhammad Ekbal, writer of song 'Sare Jahanse Achha', was born. |
10/1/1990 | Supreme Court stays implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations. |
12/12/1971 | The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron. |
7/21/1984 | Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab. |
3/8/1957 | Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, prominent leader in Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of Mumbai province, passed away. |
8/27/1604 | Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar. |
2/23/1962 | The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979). |
6/11/1991 | Over 106.6 million voters go to the second phase of national polls. |
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