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Historical Event on 6/21/1940

Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
5/23/1947The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
12/4/1989Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan.
11/17/1947Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
8/8/1946India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.
12/9/1977Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away.
5/12/1949S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.
8/20/1933Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.
7/4/1999Over 500 children of Kargil migrants take out a procession to Batalik in a show of solidarity with the Indian army.
4/14/1925Harisingh Gogumal Kishanchand, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52), was born in Karachi.