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Historical Event on 3/21/1957
India's national calender came into force.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/29/1952 | India enters into a war with Japan. |
| 9/16/1929 | Yerramilli Janardan Rao, educationist, was born at Tanuku, (W. Godavari). |
| 5/11/1999 | Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19. |
| 9/12/1994 | UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi. |
| 1/24/1857 | Calcutta University established. |
| 10/20/1920 | Censor Board, after examining the film 'Ahilya Uddhar' on October 20, started mentioning the number of reels as well as the length in feet on the Censor Certificate. The film had already been released earlier on August 23, 1919. |
| 7/23/1976 | Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72. |
| 9/24/1856 | Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Governor General of India, passed away. |
| 5/18/1974 | First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb. |
| 1/9/1915 | Gandhiji reached Bombay on his return from South Africa. He became a member of the Indian National Congress. He was awarded Kaiseri-e-Hind Gold Medal for Ambulance service on Jan, 11. |
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