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Historical Event on 1/21/1981
Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/3/1931 | Dr. Chandreshwarprasad Rachamohan Thakur was born in Dubaha, Distt. Muzaffarpur (Bihar). |
| 8/17/1986 | In the Jehovah's Witnesses' case, the Supreme Court rules that ""singing National Anthem is not obligatory"". |
| 8/17/1986 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 1/12/1966 | Shiri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), great freedom fighter, nationalist leader, social reformer, lawyer, prolific writer and politician, passed away. |
| 1/12/2000 | Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000. |
| 12/1/1993 | World AIDS day. |
| 5/17/1897 | Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born. |
| 3/16/1860 | Dr. W.M. Haffkine, great scientist, bacteriologist and professor, was born at Odessa in Russia. |
| 8/19/1927 | Ananta Narsinha Naik, social reformer and politician, was born at Bandora, Goa. |
| 8/19/1927 | Bahadur Tair, under their leader Mongol of Hulagu Khan, captured Lahore. |
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