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Historical Event on 8/21/1978

Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
4/17/1990Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, famous Director of Raja Kelkar Museum, passed away.
2/7/1908Manmanath Gupta was born.
4/5/1989Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died.
8/9/1963India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow.
1/31/1998D. R. Karthikeyan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/03/98).
1/11/2000Mrs. Anju, wife of Shoaib Ilyasi of 'India's Most Wanted' famed serial, dies under mysterious circumstances.
4/28/1996EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states.
7/28/1997Calling and holding of bandhs by political parties and other associations or organisations declared 'Illegal and unconstitutional' by a Full Bench of the Kerala High Court.
8/3/1905Uma Datt Sraswat, famous writer, was born at Biswan in U.P.