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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
7/10/1964Bangalore University was established in Karnataka.
7/12/1996Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.
11/21/1998India 'B' beats Sri Lanka 3-2 in the final of the Bristol Freedom Cup four-nation football tournament in Colombo.
2/8/1943Subhashchandra Bose started his journey to Japan from Kiel along with his secretary Major Abid Hassan in a submarine.
10/16/1952Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi.
9/22/1988PM announces Government's decision to drop Defamation Bill.
5/16/1926Manik Varma, famous singer, was born.
8/20/1997Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President.
8/11/1999The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.
8/11/199924 merchants gathered in London's Founder Hall under the auspices of Lord Mayor to start a new company with a share captial in India.