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Historical Event on 5/21/1975

The 26-mile feeder canal from Farakka to the Bhagirathi river dedicated to the nation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/8/1914Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born.
2/27/1803Great fire in Bombay.
9/19/1962Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War.
11/7/1974South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup.
9/26/1820Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal.
12/14/1990Vijay Karan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 01/06/92).
4/9/1756Ali Bardi Khan of Bengal passed away in Murshidabad. His youngest daughter's son Siraj-ud-Daulah was crowned as King of Bengal when he was merely 20 years old after the death of King Tartar.
6/1/1945Tata Fundamental Research Institute was established.
2/28/1919Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills.
10/12/1995Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI.