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Historical Event on 1/21/1908

Gandhiji agrees to settlement on basis of voluntary registration, if Registration Act is repealed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/21/1908Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"".
9/14/1949Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate.
10/20/1998Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
6/20/1873Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh High Court was established at Shimla for Himachal Pradesh Territory.
3/17/1909Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra.
6/5/1999The Army releases documents seized from three Pakistani soldiers in the Batalik sector to substantiate its claim that Pakistan regulars are involved in the Kargil conflict.
4/15/1962S. S. Khera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 18-11-1964.
11/27/1870Dattatreya Balwant Parasnis, famous history researcher and collector of historical items, was born.