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Historical Event on 8/21/2000

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/3/1925First Electric Train started its journey from Bombay V. T. (presently known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was on the Central Railway, Bombay.
7/14/1963Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away.
9/9/1923First magazine 'Kiran' was published by Ravikiran Mandal.
10/12/1997Leander-Mahesh claim sixth doubles title of the year when they bagged the Heinekin Open ATP Tour series doubles in Singapore
3/22/1933M.V.Nagendra, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1963-77, was born at Karnataka.
2/13/1856East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom.
11/2/1871Kashinath Raghunath Mitra, famous editor of monthly magzine 'Manoranjan', was born.
6/30/1817Dadabhai Navroji, veteran leader and industrialist, died.
5/8/1996The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern.
1/10/1980President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government.