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Historical Event on 7/21/1883
Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/23/1994 | Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, former Indian Union Muslim League president, floats a new party - the Indian National League. |
| 2/4/1948 | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) banned. Finance Minister announces nationalisation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after Sept 30, 1948. |
| 3/3/1891 | Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created. |
| 4/18/1918 | Amboo alias Lalita Pawar was born in Indore. She will be always remembered as the a leading film actress and character artist. Her first film was 'Ganimi Kawa' (1928). Some of the other films of silent era are Shri Balaji, Bhimsen, Champion of the Sward, Chatur Sunderi, Goodbye Marriage, Flaming Soul, Kailash. |
| 4/18/1918 | Babur's eldest son Humayun ascended the throne. He was, doubtless, a man of parts. |
| 9/24/1936 | It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity. |
| 5/1/1996 | International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title. |
| 12/24/2000 | Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran. |
| 4/20/1914 | Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born. |
| 4/22/1915 | Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born. |
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