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Historical Event on 8/21/1997

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/20/1917J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta.
4/12/1997Maharashtra assembly adopts bill banning interviews for admitting students to pre-primary schools.
1/6/1980In the general election (7th) of India, Indira Gandhi led Indian National Congress Party gains two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha legislative elections.
6/21/1930Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob.
8/29/1975Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.
11/9/1972Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born.
2/9/1931A set of six stamps were issued during the inauguration of New Delhi.
9/30/2000India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.
7/22/1678Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Vellore.
5/15/1878Sivnath Shastri and Ananda Mohan Bose, under the leadership of the younger group of Brahmo Sama, rebelled and started Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.