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Historical Event on 6/21/1940

Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1989A 13-member Sikkim Sangram Parishad Ministry headed by Nar Bahadur Bhandari assumes office in Sikkim.
5/30/1985Earthquake in Srinagar.
6/12/1894Busushottam Vishwanath Bapat, internationally famed Pali language expert, translator and editor, was born.
3/24/1946British Cabinet Mission came to India presided by Lord Pethick Lawrence.
9/8/1960Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi.
5/4/1980Coal Mine Worker's Day established.
10/6/1963Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died.
9/8/1962Chinese army infiltrated in the north-east border of India exceeding the Mac-Mahon line (Tibet-India boundary). This was the first ocassion of Chinese infiltration.
12/31/1943Ben Kingsley Scarborough, English actor (Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice), was born.
10/28/1888Gandhiji reaches London. Lives on vegatarian diet. Takes lessons in dancing and music for a short time, thinking they are necessary parts of a gentleman's equipment.