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Historical Event on 7/21/1977
Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/11/1818 | Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas. |
| 6/24/1980 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras. |
| 3/1/1914 | Minto Gilbert Jhon Alieat, former viceroy of India, passed away. |
| 5/26/1948 | First ever trade agreement with Pakistan. |
| 1/6/1932 | Kamleshwar, famous Hindi writer, was born. |
| 9/6/1972 | Allauddin Khan, famous Sarod player, passed away. |
| 4/21/1994 | Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film. |
| 11/7/1950 | King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu. |
| 2/26/1966 | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet. |
| 4/30/1996 | Re-polling in 445 stations in six states. |
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