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Historical Event on 5/21/1835

Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1993The two helicopters along with the first batch of fifteen personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. The two helicopters were provided by 111 HU.
5/19/1908Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born.
2/22/1997Jockey Mark Gallagher shot at and injured in Bangalore.
2/20/1947British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.
7/17/1947Ramdas Coastal Steamer sank off Bombay claiming 550 lives.
1/4/1967Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. began delivery of the MIG aircraft.
12/3/1971During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began.
11/20/1990Mulayam Singh Yadav's JD (S) ministry wins a confidence motion (224-146) with the help of Congress (I) in Uttar Pradesh.
7/13/1964Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer (Bengal slow left-arm bowler), was born in Calcutta.
11/7/1966Riots over slaughtered cow claims seven lives.