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Historical Event on 2/21/1979

Yousuf Hussain, litterateur and brother of President Zakir Hussain Khan, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1930Swarup 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.
4/7/2000The Delhi police unearth a multicrore cricket betting and match- fixing racket involving five South African cricketers, including the captain Hansie Cronje. A Delhi-based Indian operator Rajesh Kalra put behind bars.
12/14/1946Sanjay Gandhi, youth Congress leader, was born in New Delhi.
3/4/1925Jyotirindranath Tagore, great Bengali litterateur and poet, passed away.
4/30/1908Khudiram Bose along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to throw a bomb at a carriage supposed to be carrying the tyrannical magistrate Kingsford. Unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death.
2/3/1954Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi.
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
7/10/1978'Mahatma Phule Backward Class Development Corporation' (Mahatma Phule Magaswarg Vikas Mahamandal) was established.
4/5/1919India's first modern shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation's first ship 'Liberty' started its journey. The weight of the ship was 5,940 tonnes.
8/1/1996Madhu Dandavate is made Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission.