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Historical Event on 2/21/1996

Japanese encephalitis', caused by virus transmitted by mosquitoes, claims 21 lives in Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).
8/4/1993Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego.
9/26/1820Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal.
7/20/1680Chhatrapati Sambhaji was throne.
8/20/1995India and China decide to withdraw four army battalions from Chu Sumdurong valley near the Line of Actual Control.
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
4/29/1957The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.
6/24/1991K. Karunakaran ministry assumes power in Kerala.
3/23/1962Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days.