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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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/30/1977 | Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country. |
| 1/30/1999 | Gopinath Bordoloi was awarded the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, The Highest Civilian Award in India. 1999. |
| 2/1/1990 | Governors named for 14 states. |
| 3/1/1908 | A.E.T. Barrow, educationist, was born. |
| 9/18/1925 | Pranlal Harkisandas Vora, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 6/28/1986 | Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too. |
| 4/4/1786 | In British Parliament, Berk alleged 11 corruption charges against Indian Governor General Warren Hastings. |
| 9/16/1955 | Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81. |
| 9/17/1924 | Popati Ramchand Hiranandani, famous Hindi writer, was born at Hyderabad in Sind. |
| 2/28/1859 | Surbhi, farmer lady of Dholi Bavli, Central India, who was arrested for helping her son Bheema Nayak in the freedom movement and was jailed in Mahamandaleshwar jail, passed away. |
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