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Historical Event on 7/21/1883

Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/26/1999India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.
3/21/1997Geet Sethi regains Gold Flake Open billiards in Chennai.
3/21/1976The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government.
6/3/1890Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, was born.
10/10/197761 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini.
7/6/1955Marshall Tito and Nehru's joint declaration in Belgrade.
9/7/1997Banned Maoist Communist Centre guns down at least 30 CPI (M) liberation activists, including district committee members and workers, at Ankendar village, 40 km from the district headquarters of Chatra in Bihar.
1/31/1994Punjab and Haryana High Court orders plastic surgery to remove 'Jebkatri' (pickpocket) tattooed on the forehead of four women by Amritsar Police.
10/24/1966Yugoslavia, UAR call on the US at New Delhi to stop bombing of North Vietnam.
1/2/2000Surya Sekar Ganguly (Goodricke National Academy) wins the Junior National chess championship in Sivakasi.