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Historical Event on 9/21/1912

Firoz Gandhi, great politician, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/13/1996Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
11/25/1999Madras HC sets aside Tamil Nadu Governor Fathima Beevi's order rejecting the mercy petitions of four accused in Rajiv Gandhi case.
1/31/1948Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder.
8/29/1975Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.
5/8/1995Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83.
10/1/1981Activists of the Dal Khalsa, who masterminded the hijacking of Indian Airlines plane. arrested.
6/22/1971Habib Muhammad died.
8/28/1997Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court.
6/26/1992The Tin Bigha corridor leased to Bangladesh as per the Indo-Bangladesh agreement.
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.