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Historical Event on 8/21/1997
Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/26/1956 | Godavarish Mishra, famous Oriya poet, playwright and essay writer, died. |
| 7/1/1947 | British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power. |
| 1/29/1968 | Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died. |
| 9/8/1990 | Mother Teresa re-elected head of Missionaries of Charity. |
| 11/11/1872 | Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", was b |
| 4/20/1887 | Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born. |
| 6/6/1903 | Hiralal Sen shot the first Indian Advertisment sequences for Jabakusum (hair tonic) and Edward's Tonic. |
| 4/6/1606 | Khusru Prince and his father Jahangir rebelled and fled from Agra. |
| 11/25/1879 | Sri Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, professor, saint poet, great orator and prolific writer, was born in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan). He was the founder of Mira Movement. |
| 3/30/1908 | Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born. |
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