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Historical Event on 8/21/1997
Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/15/1920 | Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
| 7/23/1997 | India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. |
| 9/11/1991 | Tax concessions announced. |
| 7/21/1930 | Anand Bakshi, famous lyrisist, was born. |
| 6/12/1975 | Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi. |
| 6/12/1975 | Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, established Amritsar city. |
| 6/22/1971 | Habib Muhammad died. |
| 11/1/2000 | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Sports, releases the CBI report on match-fixing in New Delhi. |
| 4/21/1938 | Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away. |
| 4/5/1614 | Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. |
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