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Historical Event on 8/21/1931
Pandit Vishnu Dingambar Paluskar, famous singer and the blind musician of Maharashtra, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/6/1952 | Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education. |
| 4/29/1997 | R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died. |
| 9/22/1999 | India asks Pakistan to prevent the reported attempt by the JKLF to cross the Line of Control (LOC) on October 4. |
| 10/20/1969 | Punjabrao Agriculture University established. |
| 4/6/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement. |
| 11/7/1975 | Indian Supreme Court validates election of Indira Gandhi at New Delhi. |
| 2/20/1929 | K. B. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-84, was born at Tamil Nadu. |
| 11/6/1930 | First Round Table Conference held at London. |
| 12/11/1991 | R. G. Sardesai, veteran journalist, died. |
| 6/9/1967 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness. |
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