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Historical Event on 8/21/1978

Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets.

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3/28/1941Netaji Subhashchandra Bose reached Berlin after his secret underground journey from Calcutta.
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