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Historical Event on 5/21/1923

Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1927Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established.
5/9/1996LDF wins 80 sets and UDF 59 in Kerala elections .
5/14/1923Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar, one of the founder members of Indian Congress and social reformer, passed away.
8/4/1997Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
6/18/1943British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India.
3/5/1993The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment.
5/9/1997Hareesh Khandelwal, an accused in the fodder scam, commits suicide by jumping before a train at Dhanbad in Bihar.
5/9/1997Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
1/19/1960Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away.
10/18/1952Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wickets to win first Indo-Pak clash.