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Historical Event on 9/21/1933

Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/4/1990Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.
1/5/1968Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.
1/11/1921Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, drama writer and journalist, passed away.
6/18/1956New Hindu Succession Act was passed.
2/17/1997Anand finishes sixth in the City of Linares category 19 chess where Kasparov makes in four-in-a-row.
6/27/1966D. S. Joshi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-12-1968.
9/13/1984Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.
8/19/1992K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India.
8/19/1992Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle.