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Historical Event on 8/21/1931
Pandit Vishnu Dingambar Paluskar, famous singer and the blind musician of Maharashtra, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/7/1966 | Riots over slaughtered cow claims seven lives. |
| 10/22/1796 | Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace. |
| 10/9/1877 | Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das, great freedom fighter, social reformer, educationist, poet, author, lawyer of modern Orrisa, was born in Puri District, Orissa. |
| 8/18/1700 | Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born. |
| 5/2/1926 | Hindu women gain right to seek elected office. |
| 12/11/1998 | Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today. |
| 5/30/1985 | Earthquake in Srinagar. |
| 12/12/1901 | Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December. |
| 12/12/1901 | Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor. |
| 10/28/1981 | Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta. |
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