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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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| 1/10/1616 | Sir Thomas Row, first English Ambassador, submitted his identification to Emperor Jahangir at Ajmer. |
| 3/27/1845 | Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and first nobel prize winner, was born at Lennep, Germany. |
| 5/20/1915 | Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad. |
| 5/20/1915 | Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born. |
| 1/28/1925 | Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born. |
| 2/15/1976 | The Division of Publication & Information was established in I.C.M.R. Headquarters. |
| 1/16/1901 | Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away. |
| 1/26/1981 | Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval. |
| 12/7/1999 | Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK. |
| 12/24/1999 | Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off. |
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