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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 |
| 10/21/1887 | Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, great politician, revolutionist leader and chief minister, was born at Khanwa. |
| 2/4/1991 | An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth. |
| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
| 5/1/1997 | Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men. |
| 4/16/1958 | Raghuram Adwai Bhat, great Indian left-arm spinner 1983-84, was born at Mangalore. |
| 1/24/1966 | Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government. |
| 1/24/1966 | Jalal'ud-din Firuz Khalji establishes the Khalji dynasty at Delhi. |
| 12/14/1992 | Balasaheb Deora, RSS chief, kept under house arrest. National head quarters of the party in New Delhi sealed. |
| 2/27/1987 | UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding. |
| 12/29/1953 | The States Reorganisation Commission. |
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