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Historical Event on 2/21/1878

Mother-Pondicherry, greatest world teacher, was born in Paris.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1955Indian Government declared in Lok Sabha that Portuguese's were asked to close their offices in New Delhi.
2/7/1931Satpal Kapur, Congress leader, was born.
1/15/1784Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution.
1/5/1990Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team.
6/17/1976Montreal Olympics opens.
3/17/1955Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products.
9/17/1864Anagrik Dharmapal, religious reformer, was born.
5/21/1998India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing.
11/20/1947Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi.
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.