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Historical Event on 1/21/1943

Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by British police.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/11/1991Over 106.6 million voters go to the second phase of national polls.
7/11/1979The Lok Sabha commenced a four-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 21-month-old Janata Government.
11/8/2000Queen Ingrid (90), Denmark's Swedish born queen mother and great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in Copenhagen.
11/9/1871Padmnath Gohain, litterateur of modern Assamia Barua, was born.
3/31/1942During the 2nd World War, Japan was heavily successful in Burma and Andaman which posted a danger to the Indian Security.
7/29/1904Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna.
2/28/1997The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.
12/9/1993Virbhadra Singh sworn in as Congress CM of Himachal Pradesh.
1/16/1989Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs.
6/18/1974Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died.