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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 |
| 1/21/1943 | Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by British police. |
| 1/2/2000 | Surya Sekar Ganguly (Goodricke National Academy) wins the Junior National chess championship in Sivakasi. |
| 12/5/1959 | K. S. Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), passed away. |
| 2/24/1880 | Satyanarayan, great poet of Kannada language, was born. |
| 1/30/1994 | Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets. |
| 3/1/1968 | Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989), was born in Solapur. |
| 7/5/1995 | Tarapur nuclear station controls the leakage and soil contamination within the natural background radiation levels. |
| 1/31/1948 | Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder. |
| 10/29/1964 | Priceless and irreplaceable gems, including the famed 'Star of India' of 563.35 carats and 2.5 inches in diameter, were stolen from the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA, in a daring burglary. An alarm system was discontinued years ago as was the all-night guard in the gem hall, both for reasons of economy. The jewels were uninsured due to high-priced premiums. There were other jewels too that were also robbed during this time. |
| 2/20/1928 | Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born. |
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