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Historical Event on 9/21/1933
Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/6/1779 | Elphinston, historian and administrator of Mumbai province, was born. |
| 10/15/1990 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour. |
| 12/10/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. |
| 4/15/1947 | The new Indian Parliament appeals for non-violence. |
| 2/25/1909 | Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months. |
| 8/2/1880 | Bellary Raghava, famous actor, lawyer, social worker and dramatist, was born. |
| 10/28/1946 | Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar. |
| 1/22/1886 | Harikrishna Premi, Hindi writer, passed away. |
| 12/23/1969 | Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi. |
| 6/17/1993 | K. D. Dharmadhikari (Nana), veteran freedom fighter, died. |
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