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Historical Event on 8/21/1879

Jahangir Bemanji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1972V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away.
6/6/1924S. R. Bommai, former President of Janata Dal, was born.
10/12/1935Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, was born
2/18/1999Ramakrishna Hedge, Commerce Minister, launched the India Brand Equity Fund (IBEF).
8/3/1994The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96).
3/7/1921Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born.
2/10/1916Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged.
11/20/1969The Union Home Ministry decides to reserve posts for SC\STs in the public sector undertakings.
3/31/1992Madhav Sinh Solanki, External Affairs minister, resigns on Bofors letter issue.
2/4/1973India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation.