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Historical Event on 11/21/1985

Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/1972Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away.
5/9/1993S. Mulgaokar, 82, journalist, passed away.
5/2/1996Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983.
2/21/1952General Election ( 1st) of India ends.
4/21/199018 more ministers added in the National Front Ministry.
1/1/1992Petrol and diesel price hiked in 11 states to make it uniform all over the country.
11/25/1879Sri Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, professor, saint poet, great orator and prolific writer, was born in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan). He was the founder of Mira Movement.
1/12/1996Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill.
8/1/1953Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas.
9/23/1996Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).