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Historical Event on 8/21/1997

Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/22/1997Faced with unprecedented Presidential rebuff, a divided U.F. Government reversed decision on invoking Article 356 in Uttar Pradesh. Kalyan Singh government survived.
3/21/1979The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).
3/21/1979Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter, was born.
7/27/1982Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi first visited the US in almost 11 years.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
1/31/1960Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.
11/25/1995Namibian PM Hoge S. Geingob arrives in New Delhi.
7/17/1937Delhi-Calcutta Express Train derailed near Patna killing 95.
6/12/1997Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).
2/22/1858Gannau resident of Samosa Gali in Delhi, arrested for revolutionary activities, was hanged.