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Historical Event on 8/21/1972
A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 7/30/1883 | Badridas Goenka, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 1/9/1919 | Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born. |
| 9/19/1996 | India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India. |
| 9/1/1998 | Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi. |
| 7/16/1856 | Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage. |
| 8/20/1915 | Devraj Ars, former chief minister of Karnataka, was born. |
| 3/4/1990 | V. P. Singh resigns as party president, but asked to continue. |
| 2/21/1899 | Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 8/20/1885 | First meeting of the Indian National Congress held. |
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