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Historical Event on 8/21/1997
Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/6/1993 | First-ever elections to the Delhi Assembly. |
| 11/18/1988 | Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit. |
| 9/29/2000 | A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt. |
| 3/1/1979 | Jairamdas Doulatram, great national leader, freedom fighter and journalist, passed away at Delhi. He played a vital role to recognised Sindhi as one of the national laguages of India. |
| 8/10/1901 | Narayan Pillai Gopala Pillai, great poet and educationist, was born in Quilon, Kerala. |
| 6/20/1972 | Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay. |
| 1/1/1985 | Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum. |
| 1/1/1985 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
| 3/13/1857 | Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away. |
| 12/30/1953 | The Untouchability (Offences) Bill published in the Gazette of India. |
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