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Historical Event on 4/21/1938

Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/3/1960Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur.
11/27/1984Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay.
11/27/1984Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat.
7/29/1994Opposition stalls parliament proceedings over the 'Action Taken Report' on JPC finding.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
8/18/1985Assam Assembly dissolved (18).
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.
1/1/1995Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi.
11/15/1830Ram Mohun Roy sailed for England. He was the first Indian Brahmin (then 'Brahmo') to go to England.
5/20/1996CPI Leader Indrajit Gupta appointed pro-term speaker in the Lok Sahba.