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Historical Event on 3/21/1997

Geet Sethi regains Gold Flake Open billiards in Chennai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1993Dasarath Deb, veteran tribal leader, elected leader of the Left and Democratic Front legislature party in Tripura.
11/15/1993Supreme Court rules that the CEC is supreme
4/28/1848Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa.
3/1/1919Mahatma Gandhi announced his desire to start 'Satyagraha' against proposed Rowlatt Act meant to curb civil and political liberties.
8/16/1946Hindus and Muslims riot in Calcutta. 90 people lost their lives and other 900 were hurt. The Muslim League observed a ""Direct Action Day"" and announced its withdrawal of support from all plans.
4/3/1984Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
7/22/1956Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing.
5/20/1992Third developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C). Launched by third developmental flight of ASLV-D3. This carried Gamma Ray astronomy and aeronomy payload.
8/22/1919Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born.
11/20/1907Railroad workers strike in India.