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Historical Event on 7/21/1891

Jairamdas Doulatram, great leader, journalist and freedom fighter, was born at Karachi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
1/20/1992Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
4/18/1992Russia suspends transfer of rocket technology to India.
3/11/1989In Bihar, a 13-member ministry headed by Satyendra Narain Sinha, MP, was sworn in.
1/25/1950The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.
10/12/1935Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, was born
6/13/1991Shiv Sharma, Doordarshan Director General, was shot at in Delhi by suspected Punjab terrorists.
4/27/1986Congress (I) expels former Union Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee from the party for 6 years.
2/1/1929Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.