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Historical Event on 8/21/1997

Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/29/1957Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training.
7/6/1837Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, a reputed oriental scholar and famous Indian Scientist, was born in Malvan in Ratnagiri district. He was a social reformer and an active member of Prathana Samaj of Bombay.
11/5/1998Baba Nagarjun ""Vaidyanath Mishra"" died. He wrote in Hindi, Maithali and Sanskrit. Some of his noted works are ""Patra-Heen- Nagna Gachh"", ""Dukhmochan"", ""Yugdhara"" and ""Sah
4/12/1801William Carey fort was appointed the Professor of Bengali Language in fort at William College, Calcutta.
12/14/1968Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died.
9/21/1996Apang (Legislative Party leader of Arunachal Congress) sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh chief minister again.
4/28/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
1/11/1960Pakistan and India agree on disputed boundary between Punjab and W. at Pakistan.
9/19/1996India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India.
3/1/2000Gopichand wins the Indian Oil Servo National badminton championship at Kochi-making it four in a row.