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Historical Event on 8/21/2000

Mahatma Gandhi's daughter-in-law Mrs. Nirmala Gandhi dies in Wardha. She was 91.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1993L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP.
1/18/1983Indi Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada.
7/10/1909Gandhiji arrives in London with the assistance of Lord Ampthill and works ceaselessly to educate influential British leaders and the public, and also to move Imperial authorities.
12/27/1975372 miners die in a huge blast in Bihar state.
2/25/1977Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun.
9/3/1999Brigadier V. K. Chopra is appointed as the new head of the 121 (1) infantry brigade in Kargil.
5/23/1942Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, having retreated 150 miles (240 km) through the Burmese jungle. `We took a hell of a beating,' he said.
12/9/1989Shyama Charan Shukla sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
3/1/1968Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989), was born in Solapur.
7/25/1955Indian Government declared in Lok Sabha that Portuguese's were asked to close their offices in New Delhi.