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Historical Event on 9/21/1746
French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/2/1986 | Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India. |
5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
10/20/1905 | Mohansing Mahir, famous modern Punjabi poet, was born. |
6/29/1993 | 24 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur. |
5/19/2000 | A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency. |
12/1/1989 | V. P. Singh is named the new prime minister. |
5/1/1983 | V. N. Swamy, pace bowler without distinction in one Test for India, passed away. |
2/5/1968 | Narottam Nagar, veteran hindi writer, passed away. |
2/25/1976 | India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children. |
10/17/1919 | The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad. |
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