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Historical Event on 8/21/1987

Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992).

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/26/1952India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries.
2/23/1997176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
6/27/1906Establishment of `Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'.
4/27/1997CBI decides to prosecute Bihar CM Laloo Prasad Yadav, former CM Dr. Jagannath Mishra, Union Minister Chandra Deo Prasad Verma and 53 others in the Rs. 950 crore fodder scam case.
4/27/1997Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated.
2/1/1986Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit.
1/19/1976C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died.
2/13/1861Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians.
8/1/1997Nitin Mongia wins Laser standard in sailing championship in Hyderabad.
10/30/1996Former PM Narasimha Rao appears before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at the Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi, as an accused in the St. Kitts forgery case.