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Historical Event on 8/21/2000
Mahatma Gandhi's daughter-in-law Mrs. Nirmala Gandhi dies in Wardha. She was 91.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/6/1907 | Revolutionaries looted Chingaripota station. |
| 8/28/1934 | Justice Sujata Manohar was born. |
| 2/9/1991 | India holds the last decennial census of the century. |
| 5/22/1772 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal. |
| 6/5/1999 | The Army releases documents seized from three Pakistani soldiers in the Batalik sector to substantiate its claim that Pakistan regulars are involved in the Kargil conflict. |
| 3/16/1993 | Central government introduces pension scheme for 170 million EPF subscribers. |
| 7/23/2000 | Ram Jethmalani, Union Law Minister, quits the Cabinet after the Prime Minister shows him the door following the outbursts against the Chief Justice of India, Dr. A. S. Anand. |
| 1/31/1976 | Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 2/20/1928 | Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born. |
| 2/4/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi released from prison unconditionally at Bombay. |
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