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Historical Event on 1/21/1924

Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/16/1991Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard.
9/8/1910Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died.
11/3/1992Premnath, hero and villan of Hindi film industry, passed away.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
10/9/2000Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire.
11/18/1960Raghunath Chaudhary, famous natural poet of Assam, passed away.
5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.
8/15/1982Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
12/13/1978Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.
3/26/199914 tonnes of heavy water leaked into the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam during an in-service inspection.