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Historical Event on 12/21/1788
Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/17/1675 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked the Fonda fort and won Karwar. |
| 3/25/1990 | Lakshadweep Council elections. |
| 6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
| 9/11/1987 | Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away. |
| 11/12/1997 | India elected to executive board of UNESCO. |
| 1/23/1961 | Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films. |
| 6/7/1984 | Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. |
| 2/20/1953 | India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA. |
| 10/1/1997 | Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries. |
| 6/9/1991 | Raj Khosla, famous film producer and director, passed away. |
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