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Historical Event on 9/21/1994

Ramkrishna Bajaj, freedom fighter and veteran industrialist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/2000The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players.
9/16/1931Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.
2/22/1947Nehru welcomes British independence offer, invites Muslims to join at New Delhi.
2/15/1967Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins.
8/14/1998Classical vocalist Shamshad Begum, who enthralled radio listeners in the 30s and 40s, died in Mumbai.
8/14/1998Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans.
8/26/1975Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.
7/8/1907Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta.
5/22/1953Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Darjeeling and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand were the first to conquer the Mount Everest (World).
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.