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Historical Event on 8/21/1997
Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/29/1994 | Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic. |
| 7/12/1993 | West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died. |
| 9/16/1955 | Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81. |
| 3/7/1974 | T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away. |
| 12/15/1943 | The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong. |
| 10/30/1976 | Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978. |
| 7/31/1992 | Thailand Airlines crashed in Himalayan Range, 113 persons died. |
| 6/27/1839 | Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ruler of Punjab and Spiritual Guru of sikh community, passed away. |
| 4/24/1942 | Shri Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor, passed away at the age of 41. |
| 4/7/1998 | Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India. |
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