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Historical Event on 8/21/1988
500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/11/1952 | Treaty between France and India, transferring the former French settlement of Chandranagar to India, is ratified by the National Assembly, Paris. It was the last formal step in completing the process of sovereignty. |
12/8/1999 | Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999. |
5/10/1985 | P. N. Bhagawati appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. |
10/23/1970 | If India's ""vasectomy fairs"" had hawkers, they might cry, ""Come one, come all & all one billion."" India faces a population of one billion by the year 2000. To hold down that number, the government offered money ($13 to each man) and gifts (a sari for his wife) to those willing to be sterilized. Thirteen dollars was more than three times what an average village worker can earn in one month. In December, a fair held at Kerala attracted 15,000 men. Just seven months later, a fair in the same town received 63,000. Doctors operated in ten-hour |
6/4/1947 | Hindi daily 'Nai Duniya' started publication at Indore, Madhya Pradesh. |
5/7/1950 | Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons. |
11/16/1988 | India gives full recognition to the state of Palestine. |
10/2/1972 | Broadcasting of Mumabi Doordarshan started. |
3/9/1931 | The Tories decide not to attend future round table talks on India in London. |
1/20/1952 | Vasant Patankar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
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