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Historical Event on 8/21/1879

Jahangir Bemanji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1906Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born.
1/1/1973Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised.
1/18/1990Farooq Abdullah, J&K CM, quits.
6/21/1862Ganendra Mohan Tagore was the first Indian to get the Barrister-at-Law Degree after passing the examination from Lincoln Inn University.
3/21/1979The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).
2/15/1976The Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE) was established at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.
10/30/1977Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country.
11/2/1992Nine Maharashtra ministers resign.
9/30/1981Pakistan Commando soldiers release 66 hostages in Lahore from five Khalistan hijackers and activists of the Dal Khalsa International.
11/3/1998The first geo-scientific data centre of the country is inaugurated at the Geological Survey of India.