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Historical Event on 1/21/1978

Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer, poet, editor of 'Dainik Batori', journalist and lawyer, passed away. He participated in the Quit India Movement for which he was arrested.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1760Maratha army, under Sadashiv Rao Bhau and Vishvas Rao, captured Dehli.
9/11/1906Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'.
12/19/1999The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga.
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
5/13/1967Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President.
2/9/1929Abdul Rehman Abdul Gafur Antule, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Central Minister for Health, was born.
7/29/1901Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War.
11/23/1991India decides to upgrade its ties with the Soviet Republics.
5/18/1998India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.
7/12/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company.