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Historical Event on 2/21/1983

More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1983Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns.
9/23/1908Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born.
10/20/1961B. S. Guha, famous human scientist, died.
1/14/1994Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.
5/1/1946Joanna Lumley, actress (Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service), was born in Kashmir, India.
6/20/1997Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
11/3/1995Sheila Kaul becomes Governor of Himachal Pradesh, P. Shivshankar of Kerala and V Reghunath Reddy takes additional charge of Sikkim.
7/4/1729Kanhoji Angre, former Chief of Navy in Maratha kingdom, died.
7/4/1729Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born.