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Historical Event on 2/21/1983
More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
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| 4/1/2000 | India wins four golds in the under-14 Youth chess championship in Teheran. |
| 9/15/1903 | Wazir Syed Ali, right-hand batsman and right-arm fast medium bowler, was born at Jalandhar. |
| 10/1/1847 | Annie Besant, famous philosopher and thesophist, was born in London. |
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