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Historical Event on 8/21/1988

500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1962Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963).
8/19/1907Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born.
8/9/1966Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort.
10/15/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.
8/6/1996Dr. Raj Kumar was conferred Dada Saheb Phalke award.
2/21/1979Yousuf Hussain, litterateur and brother of President Zakir Hussain Khan, passed away.
11/30/1998Sonia Gandhi names Ashok Ghelot and Sheila Dixit as Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Delhi respectively.
12/4/1924Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding.
2/16/1997Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.
2/9/1874Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born.