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Historical Event on 8/21/1997

Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
6/3/1930George John Fernandes, social reformer and politician, was born in Mangalore (Karnataka).
1/2/1990Election panel made one member body again; Election Commissioners S. S. Dhanoa and V. S. Seigell removed.
3/9/1897Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).
3/6/1990India wins Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey tournament.
5/29/1933Gandhi ends his 21-day fast, his second for the cause of the 'untouchables'.
2/12/200017 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly.
7/8/1996U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections.
9/16/1955Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.
10/14/1956Dr. Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar and about two lakh scheduled caste men and women embraced Buddhism in Nagpur.