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Historical Event on 5/21/1835

Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/22/1935Vaman Viswanath Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests), was born in Madras.
5/1/1972All fuel coal mines were nationalised.
2/15/1920Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.
9/4/1880Bhupendranath Dutt, Bengali litterateur and politician, was born.
5/17/1992R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.
9/1/1942Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army.
5/12/1998Bill Clinton, US President, asks India to sign the CTBT.
2/14/1914Vinaya Kumar Parashar, journalist and social worker, was born at Hemgir, M.P.
6/26/1982First Boeing 707 of Air India `Gaurishankar' was crashed at Sahar Airport (Bombay).
1/25/2000The Centre begins the process of privatising the country's domestic carrier, Indian Airlines, and also approves the sale of majority equity in Modern Foods India Limited.