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Historical Event on 8/21/1879

Jahangir Bemanji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
5/30/1995Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council.
12/29/1885A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.
3/31/1994The Supreme Court orders closure of 11 industrial units around Taj Mahal.
2/11/1906Daily Tribune' started its printing from Lahore.
12/12/1992The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.
2/17/1907Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), passed away.
11/23/1993'The Bullshit'', a Turkish film, wins the Golden Elephant award at the 8th International Childrens film festival in Udaipur.
5/1/1948Baroda State merged into Bombay Province.
12/26/1904First cross-country motor car race inaugurated between Dehli and Bombay started its rally. It was organised by Motor Union of Western India.