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Historical Event on 2/21/1979
Yousuf Hussain, litterateur and brother of President Zakir Hussain Khan, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/8/1884 | Keshav Chunder Sen, nationalist leader of Bengal, social worker and good orator of Brahma Samaj, passed away at his home in Lily Cottage, Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in our country. He strongly believed that education was the basic necessity to change the society. |
| 4/19/1976 | Maharshi Dayanand University established in Haryana. |
| 6/19/1979 | Morarji Desai resigns after split in Janata Party. |
| 2/23/1962 | The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979). |
| 5/17/1775 | Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war. |
| 11/12/1781 | Nagapatnam of South India was captured by the British troops. |
| 6/6/1890 | Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, was born. |
| 3/18/1916 | Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay. |
| 8/6/1920 | Star Films Ltd., Bombay, was founded by Ardeshir M. lrani and Bhogilal K. M. Dave. |
| 4/8/1953 | Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away. |
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