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Historical Event on 10/21/1995
L.K.Advani unanimously re-elected BJP president for the fourth time in New Delhi.
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| 8/18/1896 | Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"". |
| 2/21/1983 | More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections. |
| 11/14/1967 | Saba Karim, Indian ODI wicket-keeper 1997, was born. |
| 7/29/1901 | Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War. |
| 3/5/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June. |
| 11/29/1993 | Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata ""J.R.D. Tata"", Bharat Ratna awardee, Father of Modern Indian Industries and founder of Indian Aviation industry, passed away at 89 in Gen |
| 5/1/1996 | International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title. |
| 11/23/1948 | The beseiged garrison of Punch was relieved a full year after its siege. This meant that a firm grip had been established all the way from Pathankot on the major portions of this province. |
| 12/5/1931 | Gandhiji leaves England for India. |
| 1/1/1879 | Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born. |
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