The Legend of Bhagat Singh is an Indian historical biographical film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and released in 2002. Singh, who witnessed the Jallianwala Bagh massacre as a child, was a socialist revolutionary of the Hindustan Republic Association who fought for Indian independence. The film features Ajay Devgn (pictured) as Singh, Sushant Singh, D. Santosh and Akhilendra Mishra. The story and dialogue were written by Santoshi and Piyush Mishra, respectively. The film was released to generally positive reviews, with the direction, story, screenplay, technical aspects and performances of Devgn and Sushant receiving the most attention. Produced on a budget of ₹200–250 million (about US$4.15–5.18 million in 2002), the film earned only ₹129.35 million at the box office. It went on to win two National Film Awards – Best Feature Film in Hindi and Best Actor for Devgn – and three Filmfare Awards from eight nominations.

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1936:

Nationalist rebels attempted a coup d'état against the Second Spanish Republic, sparking the Spanish Civil War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_coup_of_July_1936

1981:

A structural failure caused a walkway at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., to collapse, killing 114 people and injuring 216 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_walkway_collapse

1992:

Elizabeth II officially opened the Manchester Metrolink, the first modern street-running light rail system in the United Kingdom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Metrolink

2007:

TAM Airlines Flight 3054 crash-landed at the Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people, the highest death toll of any aviation accident in Brazil and the highest death toll of any accident involving an Airbus A320 airliner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAM_Airlines_Flight_3054

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chancellor: 1. A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice. 2. The head of the government in some German-speaking countries. 3. (Christianity) A senior record keeper of a cathedral; a senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese in charge of hearing cases involving ecclesiastical law. 4. (education) The head of a university, sometimes purely ceremonial. 5. (Britain) Short for Chancellor of the Exchequer. 6. (Scotland) The foreman of a jury. 7. (US, law) The chief judge of a court of chancery (that is, one exercising equity jurisdiction). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chancellor

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