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Historical Event on 9/21/1933
Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/3/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers). |
| 2/5/1986 | Laxmanrao Sardesai, famous Marathi and Konkani litterateur, passed away. |
| 6/29/1908 | Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born. |
| 6/8/1897 | Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 4/22/1996 | National Stock Exchange launches a new equity index - the NSE 50. |
| 5/13/1967 | Dr. Zakhir Hussain became 3rd President of India. He was the first Muslim President of Indian Union. He held this position till August 24, 1969. |
| 1/12/1918 | C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous film music director, was born. |
| 11/24/1973 | E. V. Ramasami Naicker (EVR), founder leader of Dravida Kazhagam, passed away at the age of 94. |
| 8/26/1874 | Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born. |
| 5/13/1962 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President. |
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