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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 |
10/18/1927 | Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay. |
6/22/1994 | Law for the betterment of women introduced. |
12/27/1998 | Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus. |
12/25/1946 | Gandhiji said, at Noakhali, ""I am being tested through and through"". |
10/28/1997 | Dr. V. Doreswamy Iyengar (77), Veena maestro, household name among Carnatic music lovers, passed away in Bangalore. |
10/30/1933 | Dara Nadirsha Dotiwala, cricket Test umpire for 6 tests from 1981-88, was born in Mumbai. |
2/12/1890 | Shastri A. R. Krishna was born. |
10/18/1928 | Roshan Harshadlal "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer (century on Test debut for India), was born in Ahmedabad. |
2/11/1847 | Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio. |
6/10/1908 | Mary Clubwala Jadhav, politician and social worker, was born. |
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