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I welcome you all to “Today in History by Hranker.com”. Here, we will discuss some of the major events in the history of 28th of August, 239th day of the year and 33rd Saturday of 2021.
1) Today in 1863 Pioneer Social Reformer Ayyankali was born.
He was a dalit right activist and was born in Venganoor, in the princely state of Travancore. He belonged to the “Pulaya” community which was considered Untouchable in Travancore, Kerala. He joined Sree Narayana Guru in urging Hindus to get rid of caste based discrimination.
2) Today in 1993 Spacecraft Galileo took the pictures of asteroid IDA.
It is located in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. Ida is one of the Koronis family of asteroids which are thought to be debris of ancient collision between two larger objects.
3) Today in 1896 Urdu poet and Gyanpeeth awardee Firak Gorakhpuri was born.
He establisher himself among peers including Muhammad Iqbal, Yagana Changezi, Jigar Moradabadi. He was well versed in all traditional metrical forms such as Ghazal, Nazm, rubaai and Qarta.
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