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Historical Event on 8/21/1988

500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/20/1876Bankinchrandra Chattopadhyay wrote ""Vande Mataram"".
6/2/1986One thousand Sikhs arrested at demonstrations in Punjab.
8/17/1882Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.
10/6/1893Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source.
9/29/1907Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia'
5/16/1945Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away.
4/1/1989UN Peace-keeping Force arrives in Windhoek to prefare for independence of Namibia.
11/15/1621Jahangir captured Kakda Fort.
5/30/1826The first Hindi newspaper 'Udant Martand' was published from Calcutta under the Editorship of Pandit Shridhar Shukla.
10/2/1996Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen.