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Historical Event on 8/21/1955

Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted critic of Gujarati literature, poet and story writer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/16/1969Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released.
12/14/1984First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off.
9/12/1965Army fights back heavy Indian tank attacks at Pakistan.
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
3/20/2000Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State.
12/25/1937Pitambar Datt Kaushika, great educationist, was born at Bulandshahar.
9/8/1995Harcharan Singh Brar sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab.
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
3/25/1989India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation.
5/1/1992Seperate secretariat was established for primary education.