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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
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
7/12/1993West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died.
3/11/1971Indira Gandhi wins majority in Parliament.
5/12/1992Ms. Santosh Yadav (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) becomes the second Indian woman to set foot atop Mt. Everest.
1/24/1995Congress (I) suspends Arjun Singh from the party.
2/10/1957Pranab Pankaj Roy, cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982), was born in Calcutta.
12/14/1999G.M.C. Balayogi, Lok Sabha speaker, presents a draft for over Rs. 32 lakhs to the Prime Minister for the Kargil Fund.
3/10/1998B. B. Lyngdoh of the United Democratic Party is sworn in Chief Minister of Meghalaya. The 12-day-old Congress(I) Ministry resigned following the failure of the party nominee to be elected as Speaker.
11/22/1968Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.
6/12/1897Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll).