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October 21

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  1. 1990 CEHindu · died

    Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, the philosopher and composer who founded the Ananda Marga movement, died in Kolkata on this day in 1990.

  2. 1833 CEScience · born

    Chemist and inventor Alfred Nobel, born 21 October 1833 in Stockholm, developed dynamite and bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prizes.

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