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Historical Event on 2/21/1997
Sonic Multani bags National snooker title in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/23/1967 | South Gujrat University was established. |
| 8/16/1946 | Hindus and Muslims riot in Calcutta. 90 people lost their lives and other 900 were hurt. The Muslim League observed a ""Direct Action Day"" and announced its withdrawal of support from all plans. |
| 3/10/1926 | Dilbagh Singh, Air Chief Marshal, the second Sikh Chief of Air Staff and Indian Air Force, was born in Punjab. |
| 2/11/1861 | Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal. |
| 7/13/1957 | Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away. |
| 1/28/1925 | Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born. |
| 1/31/1995 | ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997). |
| 9/3/1905 | Kamlapati Tripathi, leader of Indian National Congess, was born. |
| 11/17/1925 | Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born. |
| 6/18/1997 | E.K. Nayanar, Kerala Chief Minister, meets Pope John Paul II in Vatican. |
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