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Historical Event on 10/21/1916

Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat.

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12/22/1999CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT.
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4/29/1979Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 93.