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Historical Event on 8/21/1988

500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/9/1825Tula Ram Rao, one of the revolutionary heroes of the 1857 and Sepoy Mutiny, was born.
12/30/1964500 people seized by Chinese spies.
8/14/1993New governors for MP, Bihar, West Bengal & Tripura.
12/17/1972New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.
8/17/1997Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut.
3/14/1995Chandragupta Chaudhary 'Comred ', senior leader of Bhartiya Communist Party, passed away.
7/27/1947Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege.
1/14/1926Mahashweta Devi was born at Jinda Bahar Lane, Dhaka.
10/6/1893Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source.
9/23/1906Kumar (Mijjan) alias Syed Hasan Ali, film actor, was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He has worked in 'Shadows of the Dead', 'Dukhiari', 'Gambler', 'Patan ni Paniari', 'Thoure of Delhi'.