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Historical Event on 8/21/1997
Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/21/1954 | Last Indian troops withdraw from Tibet. |
| 12/10/1979 | Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace prize. |
| 11/8/1919 | Madan Theatres Ltd. was founded under a Joint Stock Company at Calcutta. Their maiden venture 'Bilwamangal' was released on November 8, 1919 at the Cornwallis Theatre, Calcutta. |
| 2/1/1894 | Chitravshastri, Marathi dictionary creator, was born. |
| 3/14/1883 | Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, died in London. |
| 7/12/1932 | The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir. |
| 1/7/1928 | Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born. |
| 3/3/1891 | Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created. |
| 3/9/1990 | Lalu Prasad Yadav to form JD Ministry in Bihar. |
| 9/26/1985 | P.T. Usha sets record for 100m (Women) in 11.39 seconds at Jakarta. |
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