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Historical Event on 1/21/1956
Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/9/1994 | C. Rajeshwara Rao, 80, former General Secretary of Communist Party of India, passed away in Hyderabad. |
| 12/15/1997 | Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University. |
| 7/12/1674 | Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company. |
| 9/29/1994 | Cable Television Regulation Ordinance issued. |
| 2/22/1948 | Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born. |
| 4/16/1801 | Warrior Vithoji Holkar of Peshwa kingdom was assassinated. |
| 5/14/1923 | Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar, one of the founder members of Indian Congress and social reformer, passed away. |
| 3/16/1992 | Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home. |
| 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. |
| 1/24/1976 | Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries. |
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