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Historical Event on 3/21/1916

Ustad Bismilla Khan, clarionett Master, was born at Dumraon in Bihar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/19/1999India's role in ASEAN, ARF is lauded at a colloquium in Singapore.
8/30/1983Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.
3/16/1946India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'.
6/29/1873Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, first Bengali modern poet, died.
9/1/1947Indian Standard Time was adopted.
4/6/1942During the second world war, for the first time Japanese air-bombers attacked India, and the mainland took place at Visakhapatnam.
2/25/1970Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, passed away.
11/18/1960Raghunath Chaudhary, famous natural poet of Assam, passed away.
12/29/1989Prasar Bharati Bill and Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.
5/4/1990Supreme Court directs Central Government to set up a Tribunal to resolve Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.