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Historical Event on 2/21/1979
Yousuf Hussain, litterateur and brother of President Zakir Hussain Khan, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/15/1997 | Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi. |
| 6/22/1880 | Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer of Assam, poet, editor, journalist and lawyer, was born at Dibrugarh, Assam. |
| 4/19/1975 | First Indian Satellite ''Aryabhata'' launched. The Satellite provided technological experience in building and operating a satellite system. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. |
| 4/4/1926 | Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues. |
| 7/30/1883 | Badridas Goenka, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 6/24/1974 | India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins. |
| 9/5/1997 | CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income. |
| 10/25/1964 | First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named 'Vijayant'. |
| 11/8/1965 | British Indian Ocean Territory formed. |
| 2/15/2000 | K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema. |
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