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Historical Event on 3/21/1971
Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/27/1966 | Indira Gandhi meets Johnson in Washington. |
| 11/30/1995 | G. Umapati, filmmaker, died. |
| 5/26/2000 | Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai. |
| 8/8/1990 | Violent protests rock Bihar against Mandal Commission Report implementation. |
| 12/22/1928 | An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.' |
| 5/21/1992 | Manohar J.Pherwani, 58, Chairman of the National Housing Bank, died. |
| 8/20/1828 | Brahmo Samaj, the first movement to initiate religio-social reforms, was founded by Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Roy denounced polytheism, idol worship, repudiated the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house by Kamal Bose of Chitpore Road in Jorasanko area in Calcutta. |
| 9/6/1990 | Prasar Bharti' bill passed in Parliament. |
| 9/19/1950 | U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China in New York. |
| 11/30/1988 | Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed. |
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