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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
2/4/1946Dr. Satnarayan Nathulal Jatiya was born in Jawad, Distt. Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh).
2/22/1854Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'.
6/14/1990Veerendra Verma sworn in as the new Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh.
12/31/1988Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other.
4/5/1979First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.
7/15/1997Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award.
6/23/1761Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb), third peshwa, died at Pune, after losing in the Third Battle of Panipat on 12 June.
12/10/1979Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace prize.
11/13/1998Tendulkar blazes as India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating Zimbabwe in the final.