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Historical Event on 4/21/1659

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Saint Samarth Ramdas Swami.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1982Mizo National Front and allied organizations declared illegal.
4/15/1963Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler), was born in Ghaziabad.
8/26/1947Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion.
5/6/1946Bhulabhai Desai, great politician, passed away.
7/22/1925Govind Talwalkar, famous journalist and editor, was born.
10/24/1990BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response.
1/22/1858Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death.
3/23/1911Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away.
6/27/1999India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey.
3/18/1922Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause.