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Historical Event on 4/21/1913
Preview show of 'Raja Harishchandra' was held on April 21 at Olympia Cinema.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1997 | Khanna Committee recommends more power to RBI over non-banking financial companies. |
| 7/23/1988 | Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), died. |
| 4/1/1973 | India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction. |
| 8/17/1994 | Opposition ends Parliament boycott. |
| 7/16/1931 | C. T. Studd, 69, died. He was an English missionary, one of the 'Cambridge Seven,' who worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa. |
| 12/8/1930 | British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists. |
| 6/5/1879 | Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union Movement in India, was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra. |
| 1/9/1919 | Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born. |
| 1/15/1949 | General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day. |
| 1/14/1946 | Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed. |
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