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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
2/15/1924Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar.
2/15/1967Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins.
12/6/1946Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London.
1/9/1982A group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim started for the first ever Antarctica expedition on December 1981 - Jan 1982.
10/4/1953India elected to the UN Trusteeship Council.
5/2/1769Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born.
12/4/1997Lok Sabha was dissolved with immediate effect and new House was to be constituted by March 15 next.
12/21/1998The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen.
1/20/1994Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidheyan' adjudged best Foreign and Indian films in the 25th International Film Festival at Calcutta.
3/31/1993Kidnapped cardiac surgeon Dr. Abdul Ahad Guroo killed in Srinagar.