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Historical Event on 8/21/1988
500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/9/1980 | P. C. Joshi, former General Secretary of Indian Communist Party, passed away. |
| 7/13/1905 | Premnath Bazaz, famous Kashmir freedom fighter, was born. |
| 11/21/1921 | Prince of Wales visited India and Congress observed all India strike. |
| 9/10/1992 | All movable and immovable properties of big bull Harshad Mehta, and others involved in the Security scam, attached. |
| 10/28/1977 | Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died. |
| 12/7/1992 | Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 7/10/1984 | White Paper on Punjab released by Union Government. |
| 9/11/1948 | Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, died. |
| 3/17/1905 | Narsinghcharya Purohit Tirunarayan Iyyangar, famous Kannad poet, music director and critic, was born. |
| 10/2/1951 | Dr. Shyamprasad Mukharjee established Bhartiya JanSangh Party. |
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