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Historical Event on 1/21/1978

Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer, poet, editor of 'Dainik Batori', journalist and lawyer, passed away. He participated in the Quit India Movement for which he was arrested.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/10/1996Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India.
7/20/1654Portugal was taken over by Britishers.
5/16/1994Phani Mujumdar, veteran film producer and director, passed away.
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
7/28/1999Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission.
1/17/1601Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.
12/10/1913The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.
6/11/1991Forty die in rioting in Srinigar, Kashmir.
7/15/1992Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya.
8/18/1872Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Gadgil, who provided new heights to North Indian classical music, was born at Kundanwadi at Kolhapur distrist in Maharashtra.
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