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Historical Event on 3/8/1921

Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous film lyricist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/1990Central Government adopt a three-pronged strategy to create additional 30 lakh jobs outside the government sector over the next five years.
8/8/1990Naval Godrej, famous Industrialist, died.
8/8/1990Akbar left for Agra when he received the report of widespread rebellion. He arrived in Ahmedabad by forced marches on the eleventh day.
3/27/1990A 10-member Progressive Democratic Front Ministry led by Churchill Alemao sworn in Goa.
5/16/1995Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act.
5/27/1930Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement.
10/28/1997Dr. V. Doreswamy Iyengar (77), Veena maestro, household name among Carnatic music lovers, passed away in Bangalore.
4/4/1938A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.
9/2/1946Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, passed away.
5/19/1993S. W. Sohoni, 4 Tests for India, 83 runs @ 16.6, 2 wkts @ 101, passed away.