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Historical Event on 5/21/1835
Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/21/1956 | Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries. |
| 11/19/1991 | Kashinath Anant (Rambhau Joshi), famous editor, passed away. |
| 1/8/1984 | Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74. |
| 3/29/1963 | Siyaramsharan Gupt, great autor of Hindi language, died. |
| 9/30/1992 | Laurie Baker wins Rs. 25 lakh UN World Habitat award. |
| 1/6/1947 | All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country. |
| 5/7/1950 | Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons. |
| 3/23/1942 | Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League. |
| 10/2/1998 | Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997. |
| 10/2/1998 | Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara. |
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