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Historical Event on 8/21/1997

Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/20/1931Leela Nag (Leela Roy), freedom fighter and editor of Jayshri, was arrested in Bengal for her association with ""Depali Sangh"" who supported Chatgang Ammunition Plot against the Bengal Government.
4/30/1991BJP election manifesto promises Presidential form of government.
1/6/1948Security Council takes up India's complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir.
4/2/1948Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay.
5/14/1982All India Radio renamed as 'Akashwani' but it's Urdu service yet announces that it's All India Radio.
6/10/1984Top army commander killed in Bihar; Sikh troops desert unit.
3/18/1944Subhash Chandra Bose formed Azad Hind Fauz and took control of Kohima-Imphal.
11/28/1956Chou En- lai, Chinese Prime Minister, came to India.
3/28/1990Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient.
4/24/1966Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 1989), was born in Secunderabad.