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Historical Event on 9/21/1898
Tushar Kanti Ghosh, famous journalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/12/1992 | The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad. |
| 7/16/1905 | A decision to boycott British goods was taken at Bagarhat. |
| 12/8/1930 | British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists. |
| 2/6/1994 | Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away. |
| 8/15/1854 | The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855. |
| 11/1/1996 | K.L. Chugh and J.N. Sapru, former chairmen of ITC, remanded to custody in connection with FERA violation case. |
| 1/2/1899 | Monks started living in Belur Math. |
| 12/23/1919 | King's proclamation was made that the new reforms of Government of India offer some sort of self government. |
| 5/10/1979 | Indy Khabra, Soccer(Football) player, was born. |
| 8/27/1997 | Daljeet Singh and Debi Bose set national records in the Federation Cup athletics at Chennai in javelin throw and hurdles respectively. |
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