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Historical Event on 8/21/1986
Nine-member Cong-MNF coalition ministry headed by MNF President Laldenga sworn-in in Aizawl.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1960 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous natural poet of Assam, passed away. |
| 1/3/1995 | PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta. |
| 12/10/1998 | Dr. Gurudev S. Khush, rice breeder at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, and Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, wheat breeder at the International Wheat and Maize Improvement Centre, Mexico, share the Rank Prize announced in London. |
| 9/8/1982 | Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, died. He was 77. |
| 4/8/1993 | Dasarath Deb, veteran tribal leader, elected leader of the Left and Democratic Front legislature party in Tripura. |
| 10/2/1939 | Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderan, cricketer (Indian keeper-batsman of 60's), was born in Mangalore. |
| 7/7/1998 | India wins Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy defeating Sri Lanka by six runs in the final at Colombo. New Zealand was the third team in the fray. |
| 1/19/1977 | World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'. |
| 10/30/1977 | One hundred thousand Tamil Hindu tea-pickers, who were expatriated from Sri Lanka, are shipped to Madras, South India. |
| 8/10/1995 | Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away. |
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