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Historical Event on 10/21/1996
Japan gets non-permanent seat in Security Council after a contest with India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/11/1856 | Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born. |
| 6/17/1933 | The civil disobedience campaign ended. |
| 1/1/1983 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"". |
| 12/11/1991 | Murali Manohar Joshi, BJP President, sets out on 'the Kanyakumari to Kashmir Ekta Yatra' (unity march). |
| 12/11/1991 | |
| 9/16/1997 | Rajeev Balakrishnan sets 100m national mark in the ITC International Athletics meet. |
| 2/12/1949 | Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978). |
| 9/16/1967 | Tibetan, Indian and Chinese troops engage in fighting at Natu La pass on the Tibet-Sikkim border. |
| 12/8/1900 | Udayshankar, famous dance master, was born. |
| 8/25/1917 | The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission. |
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