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Historical Event on 8/21/1972
A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/20/2000 | Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State. |
1/5/1671 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the 'Salher' fort from Mughals. |
11/5/1928 | R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born. |
11/5/1928 | Akbar responded with alacrity and arrived at Ahmadabad and made adequate arrangements for its administration. |
5/28/1968 | Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name. |
10/30/1994 | Swaran Singh, 87, former External Affairs minister, died. |
2/9/1757 | In a treaty between Lord Clive and Siraj Ud Daulah, Clive was authorised to safe guard (Killa Bandi) and open mint at Calcutta. Nawab had paid compensation to British Army. |
2/19/1992 | The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab. |
3/31/1980 | Nirmal Mukherjee, the last Indian Civil Service Officer, retired from service as Cabinet Secretary. |
12/16/1960 | Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away. |
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