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Historical Event on 9/21/1862

Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telegu poet, playwright, story writer, critic and social reformer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/28/1984Dozen's of Sikh Militants arrested in India's troubled Punjab State after terrorists killed 3 people and injured 31 in grenade attack.
1/12/2000Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.
5/2/1953Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war.
8/20/1995Indira Mahila Vikas Yojana launched.
5/17/1994Nar Bahadur Bhandari voted out in Sikkim; Sikkim Sangram Parishad leader Sanchaman Limboo takes over as CM.
2/19/1997Massive blowout in ONGC oil field at Devarapally, A.P.
7/13/1905Premnath Bazaz, famous Kashmir freedom fighter, was born.
5/13/1952Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry.
9/22/1979Maulana Abdul Ali Moudoodi aka Syed Abul A'la Maududi Chishti, founder leader of the Jamait- E- Islam, died in USA, he had taken pakistani citizenship.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.