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Historical Event on 8/21/1988
500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/7/1782 | Hyder Ali, warrior of Mysore, passed away in a camp near Chittur. |
| 1/6/1959 | Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj, cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982), was born in Chandigarh. |
| 4/11/1930 | Pandit Motilal Nehru renamed 'Anand Bhuvan' as 'Swaraj Bhawan' and handed it over to the people. |
| 7/25/1982 | Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President. |
| 12/6/1732 | Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of East India Company in India, was born in Churchill village of Oxfordshire in UK. |
| 10/9/1992 | Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail. |
| 12/22/1945 | Shridhar Balkrishna Kulkarni (Pathe Bapurao), famous poet known for instant poetry and Marathi folk song writer, died. |
| 5/13/1998 | India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan. |
| 7/13/1998 | India and Germany sign an agreement on promoting and protecting investment in Bonn. |
| 12/3/1979 | Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. |
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