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Historical Event on 8/21/1972
A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/14/1774 | Bentik, first Governor General of India, was born. |
| 7/25/1977 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy became the sixth President of India. His held this office till July 25, 1982. |
| 12/16/1770 | Ludwig Van Beethoven, greatest musician, poet and innovator, was born. |
| 11/9/1999 | BJP asks Kalyan Singh to step down, chooses Ram Prakash Gupta as his successor. |
| 7/5/1994 | Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, 86, Malayalam literary genius, died in Beypore in Kerala. |
| 3/19/1848 | Lokhitwadi started his column 'Shatpatra' in the newspaper named 'Prabhakar'. |
| 5/3/1962 | Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal. |
| 9/22/1687 | Aurangzeb ended Kutubshah kingdom. |
| 11/15/1998 | Naresh & Girdhari Lal Yadav win the National Enterprise sailing championship in Mumbai. |
| 12/23/1959 | Edward Fredrick Lindlewood Halifax ""Irwin Lord"", English viscount and Governor General of India (1925-1931), died at the age of 78. |
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