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Historical Event on 7/21/1911

Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat.

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3/22/2000P. Shanmugham sworn in Chief Minister of Pondicherry.
7/27/1889Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.
3/9/1951Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born.
3/25/1609Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat.
3/10/1995Ashok Padbidri, famous journalist and editor, died.
7/24/1989A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal.
2/26/1984Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
10/16/1994IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit.
12/15/1965Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.