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Historical Event on 8/21/1991

Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1999Fifth National Games inaugurated at Imphal.
5/22/199611th Lok Sabha's first session begins.
7/8/1996T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award.
5/28/1998India takes retaliatory measures against Australia for its unilateral action.
8/29/1994Tusharkanti Ghosh, world famous Indian journalist, passed away.
11/11/2000Harin Pathak, Union Minister of State for Defence, resigns after being chargesheeted by a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case relating to the murder of a head constable at the height of the anti-reservation agitation in 1985.
9/12/1899T. N. Swaminathan Pillai, master of Karnataka Classical Music, was born.
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
12/25/1921Mass boycott greets the Prince of Wales when he arrives in Calcutta.
2/19/1902Pandit Lallu Ram appointed as Hindi Professor at Fort William College, Calcutta.