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Historical Event on 8/15/1921

Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born .

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/17/1899First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa.
10/19/1905Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London.
7/29/1891Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur and Hindi writer, passed away in Calcutta.
8/16/1996CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore.
3/24/1977Ban on RSS and 26 other organisations lifted.
2/21/1959Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.
11/17/199941 more ministers are inducted into the Ram Prakash Gupta Ministry in Uttar Pradesh taking the strength of the ministry to 91.
11/10/1990Two Burmese youth hijack a Thai Airlines Airbus with 221 passengers on board to Calcutta.
1/27/1995K.V. Krishna Rao, J&K Governor, gets another term.
6/19/1966Shiv Sena was established.