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Historical Event on 8/21/1955

Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted critic of Gujarati literature, poet and story writer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/5/1931Gandhiji leaves England for India.
4/17/1977Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party.
8/20/1998The Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds the conviction of former Punjab DGP K.P.S. Gill for outraging the modesty of an IAS officer Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj.
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
12/30/1993Government gets majority when 10 members of Ajit faction of the JD merge with the Congress.
5/23/1942Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, having retreated 150 miles (240 km) through the Burmese jungle. `We took a hell of a beating,' he said.
5/9/1995Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast.
8/28/1976Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
7/18/1997Fifth Pay Commission report approved by Central Govt.
6/17/1995Motilal Vohra, UP Governor, sets agenda for a two-day special session of the UP Assembly asking the speaker to take up a motion against self first.