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Historical Event on 1/21/1882
Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/14/1928 | Bedabrata Barua, educationist, social reformer and politician, was born. |
| 9/20/1940 | Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born. |
| 6/10/1987 | Jeevan, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
| 5/29/1979 | Perminder Singh Sangha, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway. |
| 2/27/1990 | Polls in Pondicherry and eight states. |
| 11/14/1967 | Saba Karim, Indian ODI wicket-keeper 1997, was born. |
| 8/4/1929 | Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician. |
| 3/22/1969 | The first public sector petrochemical organisation was inaugurated. |
| 6/30/1823 | Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
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