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Historical Event on 11/21/1899
Harekrushna Mahtab, freedom fighter, politician, industrialist and writer, was born at Agarpara district Balasore, Orissa.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/8/1774 | Narayan Rao's posthumous son, Madhav Rao, was seen as a challenge to Raghunath Rao only when he was 10 days old. |
| 10/27/1987 | Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died. |
| 1/21/1943 | Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by British police. |
| 6/1/1997 | New postal rates effective; post card-25 p, inland letter-Re.1, envelope-Rs.2 and Registration-Rs.10. |
| 6/1/1997 | Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398. |
| 11/11/1947 | Temple of Vithoba in Pandharpur opened for Harijans. Ganpatrao Tapase was the first harijan to enter the temple. |
| 11/24/1924 | Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born. |
| 10/28/1998 | The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists. |
| 10/28/1998 | Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India. |
| 1/16/1945 | Kabir Bedi, famous Hindi and foreign actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry), was born. |
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