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Historical Event on 5/21/1930
A raid of nationalists on salt works in Dharasana results in 630 casualties and the arrest of Mrs. Naidy, leader of the civil disobedience campaign.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/26/1999 | IRS-P4(OCEANSAT) with an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) and two small satellites (KITSAT of Korea and TUBSAT of Germany) launched by PSLV-C2. |
| 12/8/1980 | Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi. |
| 8/22/1915 | Shambhu Mishra, Bengali actor, director and playwright, was born. |
| 4/15/2000 | Baichung Bhutia became the first Asian-player to score a goal in the professional English game. |
| 6/18/1974 | Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died. |
| 5/20/1972 | Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta. |
| 4/19/1960 | Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi. |
| 5/8/1906 | Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born. |
| 4/29/1909 | Tukdoji Maharaj, social reformer, modern Saint and poet, was born at Yavli in Amravati district, Maharashtra. |
| 6/6/1867 | Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot. |
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