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Historical Event on 3/21/1997

Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/21/1994Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah, 84, noted economist and educationist, died.
6/15/1969Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86.
9/18/1925Pranlal Harkisandas Vora, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
10/17/1998Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.
12/8/1996Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.)
7/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.
5/23/1965Venkat Woorkeri Raman, cricketer (Indian slow left-arm all-rounder), was born.
2/19/1993German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.
9/29/2000Nayudu award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. Hemu Adhikari.
7/23/1956India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak.