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Historical Event on 4/21/1938
Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/13/1965 | Maninder Singh Harbansingh Billa, cricketer (Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93), was born in Pune. |
| 8/19/1934 | Dr. Hiralal died. He was a distinguished historian and contributed numerous articles to 'Indian Antiquary', 'Epigraphia Indica', The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, etc. He was also an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India. |
| 10/22/1912 | Gandhiji accompanied Gokhale on tour of South Africa, Laurenco Marques, Mozambique and Zanzibar. He gave up European dress and milk and restricted himself to diet of fresh and dried fruits. |
| 9/24/1815 | John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70. |
| 12/27/1797 | Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra. |
| 4/8/1998 | Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns as the Union Surface Transport Minister at the behest of his party supremo Jayalalitha. He is involved in court cases. |
| 11/14/1681 | East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency. |
| 9/11/1954 | Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born. |
| 6/19/2000 | Salgocar wins the Pondicherry Millennium All India Football tournament in Pondicherry. |
| 1/29/1997 | Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'. |
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