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Historical Event on 8/21/1981
Dattatrey Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kakasaheb"", freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 96.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/1/1979 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"". |
12/28/1996 | India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in the first innings of the game. |
1/12/1906 | Pandit Mahadeo Shastri Joshi, dictionary creator, was born. |
10/20/1997 | All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar. |
3/11/1992 | Dr. Anita B. Bose-Pfaff, daughter of Netaji, declines to accept the 'Bharat Ratna' conferred on her father. |
11/14/1969 | Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi. |
9/8/1982 | Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, died. He was 77. |
1/18/1930 | Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram. |
1/8/1925 | The first All India Art & Craft Exhibition was inaugurated by Sir William Marries, Governor UP at Kaisar Baug, Lucknow. |
5/22/1940 | Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970). |
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