Today in Indian History 21 August for all Types of Competative and Entrance Exams

 Today in Indian History 21 August for all Types of Competative and Entrance Exams 

Today in Indian History 21 August for all Types of Competative and Entrance Exams 

21-August-1540

Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born.

21-August-1879

Jahangir Bemanji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.

21-August-1931

Pandit Vishnu Dingambar Paluskar, famous singer and the blind musician of Maharashtra, passed away.

21-August-1955

Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted critic of Gujarati literature, poet and story writer, passed away.

21-August-1972

A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction.

21-August-1978

Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets.

21-August-1981

Dattatrey Balkrishna Kalelkar "Kakasaheb", freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 96.

21-August-1986

Nine-member Cong-MNF coalition ministry headed by MNF President Laldenga sworn-in in Aizawl.

21-August-1987

Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992).

21-August-1988

500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.

21-August-1990

Prasar Bharati Bill moved in the Lok Sabha .

21-August-1991

Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died.

21-August-1995

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of  84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.

21-August-1997

Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people.

21-August-1997

Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.

21-August-2000

Mahatma Gandhi's daughter-in-law Mrs. Nirmala Gandhi dies in Wardha. She was 91.

21-August-2000

Uma Bharti, the sanyasin Member of Parliament of the BJP, resigns from the Lok Sabha and the party's national executive comittee.