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Historical Event on 8/21/1987
Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/3/1767 | Colonel Smith was defeated in the battle of Changama that took place between the combined forces of Nizam and Hyder Ali and the British army. This was the first war of Mysore. The British concluded a humiliating peace with Hyder Ali of Mysore. |
| 11/29/1994 | M.H. Kania, former Chief Justice of India made Chairman of the 14th Law Commission. |
| 7/24/1911 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born. |
| 1/5/1955 | Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal). |
| 1/8/1992 | Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent. |
| 12/16/1770 | Ludwig Van Beethoven, greatest musician, poet and innovator, was born. |
| 5/17/1957 | Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests. |
| 8/5/1969 | Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-), was born in Bangalore. |
| 4/1/1992 | ESI ceiling of Rs. 3000 comes into effect. |
| 3/23/1947 | Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India. |
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