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Historical Event on 8/21/1955

Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted critic of Gujarati literature, poet and story writer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/16/1955Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.
9/16/1955Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans.
3/28/1916Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away.
6/16/1993Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.
1/19/1905Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away.
3/10/1985India beat Pakistan to win ""World Championship of Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is declared champion of champions and Sunil Gavaskar steps down from the captaincy.
4/12/1752Agreement to save the king between Shinde and Holkar.
6/11/1996Narasimha Rao's name figures in fresh FIR on bribing JMM MPs case.
7/8/199125 tonnes of gold moved to London from India to raise $ 200 million loan.
8/15/1772Divani and Faujdary courts seperated by East India Company.