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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 |
| 1/15/1918 | K.C.D. Brahaspati, great poet, playwright and orientalist, was born at Rampur, UP. |
| 4/15/1946 | Triumphant over flesh and pain they passed away our day of peace to Cain. The original memorial was erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone. |
| 12/6/1952 | First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed. |
| 12/6/1952 | Allauddin Masood Shah, Sultan of Dehli, was thrown off the throne. |
| 11/18/1911 | Free primary school education is introduced. |
| 5/25/1886 | Rash Behari Basu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Palara Bighati village, West Bengal. |
| 11/9/1962 | Dhondo Keshav Karve, social reformer and educationist Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
| 9/29/1991 | Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan, famous singer of 'Agra Gharana', passed away. |
| 4/25/1976 | India all out for 97 vs West Indies because five men absent hurt. |
| 4/3/1996 | Union Ministers P. Chidambaram and M. Arunachalam resign over the issue of revival of alliance between Cong (I) and AIADMK. |
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