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Historical Event on 8/21/1988

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/2000Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.
4/9/1984Captain H.J. Singh of Indian Army crossed the Banihal Darsh with the help of Hand Glider and set a new record.
12/8/1857Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail.
5/6/2000Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta.
4/29/1939Netaji resigned from the Congress and established his own party, the Forward Block and created a political deadlock in India.
12/16/1999India agrees to Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) by the IMF.
3/21/1979The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).
4/19/1994Rajindersing Sparo, first awardee of `Mahavir Chakra' and former Chief Minister of Punjab Major General, passed away.
9/27/2000Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.
7/27/1889Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.