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Historical Event on 8/21/1981

Dattatrey Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kakasaheb"", freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 96.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/30/1903Bhagwati Charan Varma was born.
7/1/1913Kumarmanglam Parasshiv Prabhakar, former Chief of Indian Army, was born.
7/25/1986Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India.
2/19/1978Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaana"".
11/9/1999Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour.
9/29/2000India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics.
5/26/1926Kankalta, freedom fighter, was born in Bargawadi village at Assam . She was shot when she tried to flur the Indian National Flag in Gopur, Assam.
1/21/1997Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis.
7/13/1950Nehru asks Stalin and Acheson to restore peace in Korea.
8/12/199272 militants surrendered before Punjab CM Beant Singh.