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Historical Event on 12/21/1788

Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1911World' s first official airmail flight service with 6,500 letters and post cards was made between Bamrauli to Naini (Allahabad) on February 18, 1911.
2/10/1846British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.
1/16/1997Dr. Datta Samant, Trade Union leader, shot dead in Mumbai.
10/27/1605Akbar (Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din), Mughal emperor of India (1556-1605), passed away of diarrhea or dysentery at the age of 63 years. After his death his body was buried at a mausoleum in Sikandra, Agra.
11/27/1907Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad.
10/6/1983Punjab Government was dismissed to halt religious and political violence by Indira Gandhi, who imposed President's rule in the state.
8/15/2000Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword"".
12/29/1885A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.
7/13/1950Nehru asks Stalin and Acheson to restore peace in Korea.
2/6/1992The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry.