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Historical Event on 9/21/1857
Bahadurshah Jafar - II surrendered against the British troops.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/6/1897 | Gandhiji submits long memorial to Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Colonies, regarding landing incidents background. Carries on programme of petitioning local and Imperial authorities, as well as of communicating with British and Indian public men regarding discriminatory laws. |
| 10/15/1921 | Suryanarayannamurty Rebbapragada, social reformer, college principal and journalist, was born at Rajahmundry in A.P. |
| 9/19/1704 | Guru Govind Singh died. |
| 10/5/1997 | Leander-Mahesh win China Open ATP Tour doubles event. |
| 11/29/1988 | Rajiv Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, resigned as Prime Minister of India, a country which had been ruled by his family for all but five of its 42 years of independence. The end of the dynasty came after elections that were both violent and inconclusive, neither Gandhi's Congress party nor the opposition National Front received a clear majority, although the latter had a few more votes. The only real winner was the fundamentalist Hindu party, Bharatiya Janata, which is now the power broker. If the National Front wants to rule, its leader V.P. Singh needs the religious group's support. |
| 12/30/1935 | Lord Reading, former Viceroy and Governor General of India, died at the age of 76 at UK. |
| 9/30/1999 | India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'. |
| 6/23/1935 | Ram Kolarkar, famous marathi author and editor, was born. |
| 5/1/1923 | Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India. |
| 11/11/1958 | Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia. |
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