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Historical Event on 10/21/1762
Herman W Daendels, Brig-General and Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1807-11), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/22/1967 | Tara Singh, freedom fighter, Akali Dal leader master and politician, died at Amritsar. |
| 1/20/1988 | Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away. |
| 11/10/1990 | Two Burmese youth hijack a Thai Airlines Airbus with 221 passengers on board to Calcutta. |
| 8/18/1990 | President R Venkataraman presented the colours to the Officers Training Academy in recognition of their services to the Nation. |
| 2/10/1982 | K. R. Meher-Homji, cricket wicket keeper (one Test, one catch, no stumps), passed away. |
| 8/15/1947 | Indian Independence Day. |
| 7/31/1952 | Bela Mitra, commander of ""Nari Vahini"" and activist of ""Azad Hind Fauj"", passed away. She also worked as partition refugee. |
| 5/8/1992 | Eighth Plan outlay increased to Rs. 7,98,000 crores; Public Sector outlay goes up to 45\%. |
| 5/1/1927 | Dr. Namwar Singh was born. |
| 5/1/1927 | Saint Visoba Khechar, was the yogi-guru of the Varkari poet-saint Namdev of Maharashtra, took Samadhi. |
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