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Historical Event on 1/21/1882

Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/13/1988Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died.
5/13/1998World Bank cancels India donors meet.
7/15/1788Ghulam Kadir, the infamous son of Jabita Khan, conquered Delhi.
11/3/1945Temporary Octroi Mandal established.
4/27/1919Ustad Allarakha Khan, great Tabla player, was born.
1/2/1754Robert Clive again attacked and annexed Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah.
3/5/1992Sunder, comedy actor, passed away.
10/6/1999Suraj Bhan sworn in Governor of Bihar.
3/17/1988First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space.
10/21/1995Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil.