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Historical Event on 10/21/1762
Herman W Daendels, Brig-General and Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1807-11), was born.
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| 6/22/1975 | National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced. |
| 4/21/1946 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971). |
| 1/11/1994 | Shankarrao Savekar, veteran cameraman of film industry, passed away. |
| 4/6/1968 | Indira Gandhi,PM, inaugurated the construction of Bokaro Steel Plant. |
| 12/12/1992 | The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad. |
| 2/4/1628 | Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra. |
| 1/5/1974 | Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died. |
| 6/1/1938 | Continental Publication' started. |
| 12/17/1830 | Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died. |
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