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Historical Event on 8/21/1997

Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1960Raghunath Chaudhary, famous natural poet of Assam, passed away.
1/3/1922Kirat Chothairam Babani, versatile Sindhi Writer and Journalist, was born.
1/9/1935Savita Jajodiya, famous Marathi writer, was born.
11/6/1946P. S. Shivswami Iyyer, great politician and administrator, passed away.
4/23/1938Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand.
11/11/1923Shamasunder Gururaj Mudgal, great educationist, was born at Bijapur, Bagalkot.
9/10/1980Mangalore University established.
7/26/2000The Centre imposes a ban on employing children belowing 14 years as domestic servants by all Government employees in the All India services at the insistence of the NHRC.
5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.
2/25/1927Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away.