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Historical Event on 8/21/1987

Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1888Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura.
7/25/1997Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics.
3/31/1997The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points.
4/24/1996Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition.
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.
7/2/1999In Jammu and Kashmir, nine people are killed by unidentified militants.
8/9/1963India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow.
6/1/1945Tata Fundamental Research Institute was established.
11/25/1992Mamata Banerjee, Union Minister of State for Sports, resigns to fight Bengal CPM.