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Historical Event on 08/21/1540
Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/30/1917 | Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji, great Indian, patriot and one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, politician and merchant, died at the age of 92. |
| 4/23/1913 | Dhananjay Vithal Keer, famous biogropher, was born. |
| 1/7/1685 | Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born. |
| 8/2/1922 | Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born. |
| 5/11/1993 | Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore. |
| 4/8/1973 | India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots. |
| 2/14/1922 | Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born. |
| 2/25/1999 | The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively. |
| 8/11/1893 | First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra. |
| 9/19/1996 | India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India. |
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