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Historical Event on 8/21/1978

Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/20/1996Arunachal Chief Minister Apang resigns and forms new party Arunachal Congress.
10/3/1978Dr. Subhas Mukhopadhyay claimed the credit of India's first and the birth of world's second test-tube baby Durga Agrawal, who was born in Belle Vue Nursing Home in Calcutta.
9/24/1922Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah.
7/31/1992Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award.
4/14/1941Julie Christie, actress (Dr Zhivago), was born in Assam, India.
7/8/1928Eighteen died when an East Indian Railroad train was derailed after saboteurs removed part of the tracks.
10/22/1999The Prime Minister warns of more 'hard decisions'.
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
5/28/1978The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.
11/3/1605Salim renamed himself as Jahangir and became the king of Agra.