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Historical Event on 8/21/1978

Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/4/1966ndo-Pak Summit, the peace talk between Pakistan and Indian leaders, started at Tashkent. The prominent personalities were Lal Bahadur Shastri and Gen. Ayub Khan.
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
12/27/1998Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.
8/5/1950Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, passed away.
6/17/1903Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born.
6/1/1998The Prasar Bharati Bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha to revive the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990.
12/15/1976Daily newspaper ""Lokmat"" published it's first Jalgaon edit
12/1/199217 ministers of the BJP government in Rajasthan quit for the 'Karseva' at Ayodhya.
10/1/1967Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited established.
10/1/1967Genghis Khan, Monghol conqueror, passed away.