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Historical Event on 9/21/1992
Tarachand Barjatya, film producer, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/19/1946 | Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded. |
| 2/1/1785 | Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time. |
| 11/18/1974 | Telex Service started between India and Pakistan. |
| 6/21/1998 | India and Russia sign a $2.5-billion deal to set up a nuclear power station at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu. |
| 2/27/1854 | Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company. |
| 1/24/1976 | Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries. |
| 2/3/1954 | More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad. |
| 10/20/1999 | Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha. |
| 8/7/1941 | Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc. |
| 1/2/1905 | Jainendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist and patriot, was born. |
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