August21

Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born.

Jahangir Bemanji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.

Dattatrey Balkrishna Kalelkar "Kakasaheb", freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 96.

Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted critic of Gujarati literature, poet and story writer, passed away.

Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died.

Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people.

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.

A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction.

Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets.

Prasar Bharati Bill moved in the Lok Sabha .

Pandit Vishnu Dingambar Paluskar, famous singer and the blind musician of Maharashtra, passed away.

500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.

Mahatma Gandhi's daughter-in-law Mrs. Nirmala Gandhi dies in Wardha. She was 91.

Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992).

Nine-member Cong-MNF coalition ministry headed by MNF President Laldenga sworn-in in Aizawl.

Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.

Uma Bharti, the sanyasin Member of Parliament of the BJP, resigns from the Lok Sabha and the party's national executive comittee.