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Historical Event on 7/21/1883
Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/16/1934 | M. Muthuraman, noted Hindi writer and professor, was born at Dindigul in Madurai (Tamil Nadu). |
| 3/31/1997 | Forex reserves touch a record $ 22.36 billions. |
| 8/19/1999 | India's role in ASEAN, ARF is lauded at a colloquium in Singapore. |
| 1/18/1959 | Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good. |
| 4/14/1962 | Sir Mokshagundam Vivesvaraya, father of modern engineering, passed away at the age of 102. He was receipent of ""Bharat Ratna"" Award. |
| 9/13/1901 | Jamshedji Bomanji H. Wadia, director and producer, was born. His first film was 'Toofan Mail' (1932). |
| 5/28/1923 | Nandamuri Tarak Ramarao, film star, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and founder of Telgu Desam Party, was born. He has acted in many films including 'Patal Bhairavi'. |
| 10/13/1999 | Atal Krishna Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India. |
| 6/12/1897 | Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll). |
| 5/20/1972 | Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta. |
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