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Historical Event on 1/21/1981
Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/26/1961 | Heavy 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. |
| 1/8/1890 | Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary. |
| 2/13/1969 | Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna. |
| 2/2/1835 | Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction. |
| 6/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay. |
| 2/18/1918 | Gopal Krishna Adig, modern Kannad poet, was born. |
| 11/9/1909 | The Times reports failure of Gandhi Government negotiations on Transvaal laws. |
| 5/6/1952 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution. |
| 10/10/1952 | US mediator Frank Graham told the U.N. Security Council that there was a possibility of war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. |
| 4/14/1989 | Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car. |
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