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Historical Event on 1/21/1980

Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1983Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982).
6/11/1997Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
5/9/1753Maharaja Surajmal attack on Delhi.
1/15/1934Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed.
9/29/1991Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan, famous singer of 'Agra Gharana', passed away.
4/16/1963Gopal Singh Nepali, famous poet, passed away.
6/15/1986K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident.
3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.
4/23/1929The Fate of the Outlaw', a 7-reel film produced by Majestic Film Co. was prohibited by the Board of Censors, Bombay, on April 23 on the grounds that the film glorifieds crime.
8/2/1977Jaswinder ""Jas"" Jutla, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Glasgow, Scotland.