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Historical Event on 8/21/1879

Jahangir Bemanji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1984Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.
4/28/1992Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.
11/5/1927Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, met Gandhiji, S.Shriniwas Iyengar and M.A. Ansari Congress leaders at New Delhi.
12/13/2000Vikram Sood is appointed new RAW Chief.
3/26/1997Russia agrees to help India in developing a state-of-the-art integrated air defence system, even as the two agree to carry military cooperation into the 21st century during the visit of Prime Minister Deve Gowda.
1/2/1992Central Ministers Cabinet approved that elections will take place after the death of any independent candidate.
9/3/1992Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court.
4/12/1752Agreement to save the king between Shinde and Holkar.
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.
9/20/1933Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died.