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Historical Event on 2/21/1997
Sonic Multani bags National snooker title in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/16/1997 | G. Kishenchand, former Indian Test cricketer, died. |
| 1/19/1976 | C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died. |
| 9/2/1970 | President V. V. Giri inaugurated, Vivekanand Rock Memorial' at Kanyakumari. |
| 12/28/1983 | Gavaskar achieves his 30th century beating Bradman's 29. |
| 9/18/1925 | Pranlal Harkisandas Vora, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 4/15/1948 | Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states. |
| 1/1/1994 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"". |
| 3/22/1907 | Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament. |
| 8/13/1947 | Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house. |
| 12/29/1996 | Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested. |
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