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Historical Event on 5/21/1855
Rani Rasmoni was consecrated at Bhabatarini Kali Temple of Dakhineswar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/19/1970 | First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished. |
| 5/31/1947 | Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection. |
| 12/9/1947 | India's agreement with Pakistan on outstanding issues like assets, liabilities, division of sterling balance and military stores, etc. signed. |
| 3/25/1898 | Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple. |
| 1/29/1953 | Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music inaugurated. |
| 8/3/1939 | Apoorva Kumar Sengupta, cricketer (1959 Test - India vs WI, without distinction), was born in Lucknow. |
| 1/25/2000 | The Centre begins the process of privatising the country's domestic carrier, Indian Airlines, and also approves the sale of majority equity in Modern Foods India Limited. |
| 9/26/1820 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal. |
| 1/10/1932 | Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities. |
| 11/30/1920 | N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born. |
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