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Historical Event on 4/21/1938

Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1930The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
10/6/1935Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India.
8/25/1960Olympics opened at Rome.
6/9/1998The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.
12/17/1645Noorjahan Begum passed away.
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.
12/14/1998The Government introduces the controversial Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha.
2/12/1987Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
6/3/1895Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, historian and Indian diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance), was born.