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Historical Event on 8/21/1931

Pandit Vishnu Dingambar Paluskar, famous singer and the blind musician of Maharashtra, passed away.

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10/3/1991Ganpatrao Tapase, former Governor of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, died.