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Historical Event on 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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/13/1928 | Shridhar Pathak, prominent Hindi writer, passed away. |
| 9/13/1928 | Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee). |
| 11/7/2000 | Indrajit Bhalotia wins the Wills Southern Open golf tournament. |
| 12/13/1986 | Smita Patil, famous film actress, passed away. |
| 6/23/1894 | Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born. |
| 3/20/1992 | Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta. |
| 6/30/1993 | AN-12 phasing out marked the end of a glorious chapter of transport operations in the IAF. |
| 8/21/1981 | Dattatrey Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kakasaheb"", freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 96. |
| 1/31/1976 | Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 5/17/1873 | Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta. |
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