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Historical Event on 11/21/1947
First Stamp of Independent India was released
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Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/31/1900 | Krishna Narayan Ratanjankar, famous musician and writer of Tan Sangrah in three parts and Abhinav Geet Mangari, was born in Bombay. |
3/20/1993 | Memon brothers, the prime suspects in the Bombay bomb blasts, escape from Dubai. |
11/12/2000 | Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. |
4/9/1965 | Fighting breaks out in the Rann of Kutch between Indian and Pakistani troops. Pakistan attacked Indian borders, Sardar Post, Chhar Bet and Beria Bet, this was manned by the State Armed Police Batallions. In Kutch launched its 8th Infantry Division supported by two regiments of M47/48 Pattons. Operation 'Desert Hawk' was launched to draw away reserves from other vulnerable areas, and possibly to test India's resolve. The Indian Army did not rise to the bait. |
11/1/1961 | First passenger Plane flight AVRO HS748. |
4/4/1998 | G. Sarala Devi, 62, CPI leader and general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women, passed away in Hyderabad. |
1/19/1892 | Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born. |
4/18/1959 | Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India. |
1/16/1920 | Nani Palkhiwala, famous law expert, was born. |
1/11/1966 | Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"". |
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