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Historical Event on 4/21/1998
Ashok Kumar, Special Secretary, Union Home Ministry, who headed a Central team to Tamil Nadu to assess the law and order situation, was transferred to the Planning Commission.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/29/1993 | Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman. |
| 10/22/1873 | Swami Rama Tirtha, great social reformer and poet, was born at Murariwala village of Gujranwala district. He lectured throughout Japan and America spreading "practical Vedant |
| 10/22/1873 | Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan was born. |
| 1/1/1981 | Colaba District renamed as Raigad District. |
| 3/25/1931 | Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'. |
| 2/28/1930 | Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates. |
| 7/17/1996 | Madras to be known as 'Chennai' henceforth. |
| 11/19/1985 | Lall Singh, cricketer (one Test for India 1932), passed away. |
| 4/13/1972 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 7/23/1964 | Samrendranath Roy, great statistician, passed away. |
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