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Historical Event on 2/21/1878
Mother-Pondicherry, greatest world teacher, was born in Paris.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/21/1906 | Vyomeshchandra Banerjee, first president of All India Congress, passed away. |
| 12/22/1871 | Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died. |
| 5/1/1994 | Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'. |
| 9/24/1629 | Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies. |
| 12/31/1706 | Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674. |
| 3/28/1994 | Leaders attack trade protectionism. |
| 6/17/1674 | Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
| 5/1/1999 | India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final. |
| 8/5/1992 | Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86. |
| 11/22/1915 | Mohandas Gandhi returns to India. |
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