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Historical Event on 8/21/1972

A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/24/1934Arvind Laxman Apte, right-hand batsman, was born in Mumbai.
8/3/1954Atomic Energy Department established.
10/10/1964Gurbachan Singh Randhawa sets record for 110m Her. in 14.09s at Tokyo.
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.
9/21/1995Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.
5/27/1957Copyright Act was passed.
2/12/1985Fire aboard M.V. Chidambaram, an Indian liner sailing from Singapore to Madras, killed 34 people.
3/28/1996JKLF declared unlawful by central govt.
1/6/1959Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj, cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982), was born in Chandigarh.
7/9/1996A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial.