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Historical Event on 5/21/1935

Quetta earthquake takes a heavy toll of life.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1712Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.
3/29/1999A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.
11/1/1948An Indian brigade group supported by the 7th Cavalry (Stuart tanks) broke through the Great Himalayan Range at Zojila to drive out the invaders from Ladakh district. At approximately 3,500 metres, this was the highest point in the history of warfare that tanks had operated.
7/17/1935Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1986-89, was born at Delhi.
8/6/2000Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel.
8/16/1974A.Shankar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31st March 1977.
11/5/1999The CBI arrests the Bihar Road Construction Minister Illiyas Hussain and conducts raids in the Bitumen scam case.
1/10/1993India asks Pakistan to reduce its diplomatic strength by 40.
8/13/1998India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million.
3/3/1839Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, was born at Navsari near Surat, Gujarat. He started cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.