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Historical Event on 2/21/1983
More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/26/2001 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan. |
| 5/31/1973 | Mohan Kumaramangalam, Central Minister, died in an air crash near Delhi. |
| 1/14/1994 | C. V. Waran, veteran freedom fighter and social worker, passed away. |
| 7/13/1930 | Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India. |
| 10/27/1937 | Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of 'Kirana Gharana', died. |
| 1/1/1880 | Money order system was introduced. |
| 9/2/1956 | Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India). |
| 8/15/2000 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword"". |
| 7/25/1986 | Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India. |
| 3/25/1954 | The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. The Indian Air Force experience with rotary wing aircraft. It was indeed a 'red letter day' in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age ' when the first helicopter wearing IAF markings appeared at Palam in the form of a Sikorsky, S-55. Such a swift action, complete involvement and dedication on the part of the crew and technicians was the clear indication of the standards with which One-O-Four set about its tasks for others to emulate. |
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