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Historical Event on 8/21/1978
Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets.
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| 3/25/1609 | Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat. |
| 7/17/1935 | Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1986-89, was born at Delhi. |
| 9/1/1999 | The Congress(I) President, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, launches a broadside against the Vajpayee Government on handling of Kargil issue. |
| 9/21/1996 | Apang (Legislative Party leader of Arunachal Congress) sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh chief minister again. |
| 1/1/1918 | Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission. |
| 4/17/1926 | Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 4/3/1988 | Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan. |
| 7/31/1861 | 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam becomes a world record. |
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