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Historical Event on 7/21/1977

Bhudevchandra Basu, famous animal expert, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/1997Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master.
3/13/1992K. S. Niranjan, famous Kannad author, passed away.
5/17/1998US President Bill Clinton wants India and Pakistan to sign CTBT.
8/12/1979Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people.
7/3/1979Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.
2/23/1768Nizam accepted British supremacy and Smith Col. signed peace treaty with the Nizam.
12/14/1990Vijay Karan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 01/06/92).
12/1/1966Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian Union.
2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.
3/20/1925Marquess Curzon of Kedleston died this morning at age 66 from complications following an operation. Long a kingpin of the Conservative party, Lord Curzon spent 40 years in public life, serving as Viceroy and Governor General of India and, at the end of his career, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Though he came close to becoming prime minister in 1923, his aristocratic past militated against him in an era which nominated leaders from the House of Commons. He twice wed US women and enjoyed fame as an author of books about politics and his own travels.